Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis)
About the Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet
The mottle-cheeked tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis) is a generally common, small species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Some early twentieth century authors considered the mottle-cheeked tyrannulet and what are now the Panama tyrannulet (P. flavovirens) and olive-green tyrannulet (P. virescens) as conspecific. The three are now treated by many authors as a superspecies. The mottle-cheeked tyrannulet has three subspecies, the nominate P. v. ventralis (Temminck, 1824), P. v. angustirostris (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837), and P. v. tucumanus (Zimmer, JT, 1940). Some authors believe that the "recognition of subspecies may be unwarranted".
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 150 recordings for this species: 20 CC BY-NC-SA · 6 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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- Rufous-browed TyrannuletPhylloscartes superciliarisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.