The short-tailed pygmy tyrant is a small species of tyrant-flycatcher. The species is one of the smallest birds on Earth and the smallest passerine. Among both the family and the order, only the closely related black-capped pygmy tyrant approaches similarly diminutive sizes. The pygmy tyrant is widespread throughout most of the Amazon in northern and central South America.
Similar species: Perching Birds
By Thibaud Aronson
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Uploaded Oct 13, 2020. Captured Aug 24, 2020 11:15 in Palcazu, 19320, Peru.
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This was a very satisfying encounter for me because I'm actually a very handicapped birder, in that my auditory memory is absolute garbage and I struggle terribly to memorize bird songs. But once in a blue moon, I will recognize something in the field that I've previously heard in a recording and actually match it to a species! This is what happened here when somehow a faint insect-like trill rang a bell in my mind. Half-convinced my mind was playing tricks on me, I played a snippet on my phone and, lo and behold, this feathered bumblebee immediately appeared over my head to defend its territory! Posted 4 years ago
Just kidding Thibeaud, beautiful find! Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago