Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Fulvous-crowned Scrub Tyrant

Euscarthmus meloryphus

The Fulvous-crowned Scrub Tyrant (Euscarthmus meloryphus) is a 6.8 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

6.8 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

9

Recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador.

Where to see it: Gran Asunción · Parque Guasu Metropolitano (Paraguay); Bahia de Asuncion (Paraguay); PN Iguazú · Área Cataratas (Argentina); Ceibas (Argentina); Playa - Ex Calera San Antonio (Paraguay).

Photo: (c) Pablo H Capovilla, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist