Family Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Least Concern
Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes parkeri)
Taxonomy
French: Tyranneau de Parker German: Zimtgesicht-Laubtyrann Spanish: Orejerito de Parker
Taxonomy:
Phylloscartes parkeri
Fitzpatrick and Stotz
, 1997,Hacienda Amazonía, Madre de Dios, Peru
.Distribution:
Forested E Andes from C Peru (Huánuco and Pasco) S to N Bolivia (La Paz, S Beni).
Descriptive notes
12 cm; 8 g. Has medium-grey crown, prominent cinnamon-rufous forehead and supraloral stripe becoming yellow to yellowish-white stripe behind eye; white nasal plumes, rufous... read more
Voice
Calls and sings frequently, with high, emphatic “tsit!” notes, occasionally delivered in rapid... read more
Habitat
Montane evergreen forest, rarely venturing to forest edges; remains in highest portions of canopy... read more
Food and feeding
Arthropods. Stomach contents from SE Peru included 63 identified items, of which beetles (Coleoptera) 38%, homopteran bugs 18%,... read more
Breeding
Birds with enlarged gonads, and presence of juveniles, in Nov in SE Peru, suggesting breeding Sept–Dec. No other information.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Uncommon to locally fairly common. Occurs along R Urubamba (below Machu Picchu) and in Manu National Park and Biosphere Reserve, in Peru, and Pilón... read more
Recently described, although long known from single specimen collected in 1899. Forms a group with P. flaviventris (which see). Monotypic.