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ROUGH-LEGGED TYRANNULET Phyllomyias burmeisteri
This may seem like a strange common name for this little green canopy tyrannulet - I mean you could never hope to judge the roughness of a small bird´s legs as it flits through the highest tree-tops, but get one in your hand and you´ll see where the name comes from. This species is one of several small greenish birds in the Atlantic Forest and is a potential identification banana skin. Note the pinkish mandible of this species, the dull, almost streaky underparts and of course its distinctive voice to be sure!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE778PH) Adult lateral view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu July 2008).
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Phyllomyias burmiesteri
1 (FPAVE779RE) Calls, recorded Reserva Taptyta, Departamento Caaguazú (Myriam Velázquez August 2001).
2 (FPAVE780RE) Calls, recorded PN Ybyturuzú, Departamento Central (Myriam Velázquez August 2000).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
