Loja Tyrannulet

Loja TyrannuletThis small bird occurs in southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. A western Ecuador field guide places it in humid and deciduous foothill and subtropical forests, with gray-toned upperparts and faint yellow wing markings. Checklists differ on whether this regional form is a species or a subspecies, so the account keeps to its local range.What does it look like?A western Ecuador field guide describes gray-toned olive upperparts and faint yellow markings on the wings for the Loja Tyrannulet.How does it live?This small bird occurs in southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. A western Ecuador field guide places it in humid and deciduous foothill and subtropical forests, with gray-toned upperparts and faint yellow wing markings. Checklists differ on whether this regional form is a species or a subspecies, so the account keeps to its local range.A western Ecuador field guide records it in both humid and deciduous forests in foothill and subtropical zones of the southwest.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.