Serra do Mar tyrannulet

Serra do Mar tyrannulet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Phylloscartes
Species: P. difficilis
Binomial name
Phylloscartes difficilis
(Ihering & Ihering, 1907)

The Serra do Mar tyrannulet (Phylloscartes difficilis) is a small species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is endemic to humid montane forest in the Serra do Mar in south-eastern Brazil. More likely confused with the short-tailed and pale-eyed hangnest tody-tyrant than other members of the genus Phylloscartes, its bright olive-green upperparts contrast strongly with the grey underparts. It is generally uncommon and threatened by habitat loss.

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