Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant

Short-tailed Pygmy TyrantThe Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant has a grey crown and a very short tail. In Amazonia it forages in the midstory and subcanopy of mature forest and tall second growth.What does it look like?Its bill is black and its iris is dark. It has a grey crown, yellow-olive upperparts, and whitish-grey throat and underparts. A white loral line and very short tail are useful identification marks.How does it live?The Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant has a grey crown and a very short tail. In Amazonia it forages in the midstory and subcanopy of mature forest and tall second growth.It forages in the midstory and subcanopy of mature Amazonian forest and tall second growth. The regional account describes it as widespread in Amazonia and recorded up to about 1,000 m on the eastern Andean slope.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.