Yungas Tyrannulet
Phyllomyias weedeni Herzog, Kessler & Balderrama, 2008
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Yungas Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias weedeni, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family found in south-east Peru and north-west Bolivia. It was described in 2008 by Herzog, Kessler and Balderrama, after first being noticed in the early 1990s. The bird is linked to the Yungas region and lives in humid and semi-humid forest on the Andean foothills and lower montane slopes, including shade coffee plantations with small forest patches. It is also known from the east side of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: se Peru and nw Bolivia
