White-crested tyrannulet

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White-crested tyrannulet
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at Piraju, São Paulo State, Brazil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Serpophaga
Species:
S. subcristata
Binomial name
Serpophaga subcristata
(Vieillot, 1817)
Serpophaga subcristata map.svg

The white-crested tyrannulet (Serpophaga subcristata) is a small species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in woodland and open habitats with scattered bushes and trees in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It is closely related to the white-bellied tyrannulet, but unlike that species the belly of the white-crested tyrannulet is yellow. The recently described Straneck's tyrannulet is extremely similar to the white-crested tyrannulet and was for a long time confused with that species; the two are generally best separated by voice.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Serpophaga subcristata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T103681997A93727485. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103681997A93727485.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.