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White-bellied Pygmy Tyrant
Myiornis albiventris (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
White-bellied Pygmy Tyrant, Myiornis albiventris, is a passerine of humid montane forest in south Ecuador, east Peru and north Bolivia. It occurs along the eastern Andean slope, especially where the forest is broken by edges, gaps and vine tangles. This very small tyrant flycatcher is a resident bird and is usually seen in the lower and middle layers of vegetation. It is a monotypic species, and the sexes share the same plumage. The species was first described in 1894.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: se Ecuador, ec Peru and n Bolivia
