Listen to the southern beardless tyrannulet
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About the southern beardless tyrannulet
The southern beardless tyrannulet is a bird in the family Tyrannidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the southern beardless tyrannulet sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and dawn song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The southern beardless tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum) is a small passerine bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, in every mainland South American country except Chile, and on Trinidad.
More from the family Tyrannidae
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Pitangus sulphuratus
Eastern kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Cliff flycatcher
Hirundinea ferruginea
Yellow-crowned tyrannulet
Tyrannulus elatus
Olive-sided flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Yellow tyrannulet
Capsiempis flaveola
Masked water tyrant
Fluvicola nengeta
Black phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
Acadian flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Gray kingbird
Tyrannus dominicensis
Great crested flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Frequently asked questions
What does a southern beardless tyrannulet sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the southern beardless tyrannulet on this page, including its call and dawn song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the southern beardless tyrannulet endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the southern beardless tyrannulet as “least concern”.
What family does the southern beardless tyrannulet belong to?
The southern beardless tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum) belongs to the family Tyrannidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Camptostoma obsoletum bolivianum - Southern Beardless Tyrannulet by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Dawn song · Pichincha: La Buena Esperanza, Tumbaco, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Dawn song · Salta: Vaqueros, 12 km N Salta, Argentina by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Pichincha: La Buena Esperanza, Tumbaco, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Pichincha: La Buena Esperanza, Tumbaco, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Guayas: Cerro La Torre, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q857875 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Southern beardless tyrannulet – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0