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Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant
Pseudotriccus pelzelni Taczanowski & Berlepsch, 1885
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant, Pseudotriccus pelzelni, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family that breeds from Panama and Colombia south to Peru. It lives in the undergrowth of humid evergreen forest in foothill and montane zones, and is a year-round resident. The sexes look alike, and adults have dark brownish-olive upperparts with a slightly darker crown, creamy whitish throat and chin, olive breast and flanks, and creamy yellow underparts. The bill is black, the legs and feet are grey, and the iris is dark red to reddish brown.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Panama and Colombia to Peru
