Species profile
Spectacled Tyrant
Hymenops perspicillatus
Quick answer
occurs in Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia and Brazil. It is resident in part of southern Brazil, but migratory in the southeast, moving north during winter (Farnsworth & Lebbin, 2004 h) and remaining in the breeding area only in the hotter months of the year (Sick, 1997). This species is recorded all year round for RS and SC (WikiAves, 2016), which indicate that it is resident in these states (Belton, 1985). However, records for PR, SP, RJ, MS and MT are restricted to the period between April and November (WikiAves, 2016).
- Scientific name
- Hymenops perspicillatus
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Hymenops
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Tyrannidae
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- Alagoas Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ceciliae)
- Alder/willow Flycatcher (traill's Flycatcher) (Empidonax alnorum)
- Amazonian Black-Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilocercus)
- Amazonian Inezia (Inezia subflava)