Phyllomyias fasciatus is widely distributed in eastern and southeastern Brazil, entering the north-eastern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay, and northeast Argentina. It inhabits humid tropical forest, and also semi-deciduous, gallery and dry forest, savanna, manmade grasslands with scattered trees, parks and gardens in rural and urban areas; mostly sea level to 800 m, but up to 1,900 m. Apparently migratory in the south. Three subspecies. Small-billed tyrannulet (11-11.5 cm) with a short dark bill, greyish forecrown, pale supercilium, whitish eyerings, two pale wing bars, dark legs, and a long slender tail; greyish-green above, pale yellowish below. The call is a soft trisyllabic whistle, described as “pew-pew-puuit.” Breeding season lasts from September through February. The nest is a simple cup built in a tree fork. Planalto Tyrannulet feeds on insects, and apparently berries; often joins mixed-species flocks.

		D35617 Planalto Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias fasciatus) Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Copyright © Michael Patrikeev All Rights Reserved
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