Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Ornithion
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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 - White-lored Tyrannulet
 - White-lored Tyrannulet
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White-lored Tyrannulet Ornithion inerme

Thomas S. Schulenberg and Hope Batcheller
Version: 1.0 — Published July 6, 2012

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Introduction

Far more frequently detected by voice than sight, White-lored Tyrannulet occurs throughout most of Amazonia and parts of coastal Brazil. Their song is a series of four or five piercing notes that accelerate slightly: pweee, pweet, weeet, weeet, weet. This species often join mixed foraging flocks as individuals or pairs, and generally stays in the canopy near forest edges. They feed by gleaning insects from foliage. Though similar in appearance to other tyrannulets, White-lored has a white supercillium and wingbars made of distinct white spots.

Distribution of the White-lored Tyrannulet - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-lored Tyrannulet

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S. and H. Batcheller (2012). White-lored Tyrannulet (Ornithion inerme), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.whltyr1.01
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