Mottle-cheeked tyrannulet

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Mottle-cheeked tyrannulet

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Phylloscartes
Species:
P. ventralis
Binomial name
Phylloscartes ventralis
(Temminck, 1824)

The mottle-cheeked tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis) is a generally common, small species of

Andean slope in Peru, Bolivia and north-western Argentina
. A very active bird usually seen with its tail held cocked.

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