Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant

Lophotriccus pileatus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Lophotriccus
eBird Code
scptyr1

Vocalizations

Jo Roberts · CC0_1_0
Sebas Arango · CC_BY_4_0
Rajan Rao · CC_BY_4_0
Edoardo Nardelli · CC_BY_4_0
Michael Bakker Paiva · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (5)

  • Lophotriccus pileatus hypochlorus

    Andes of southeastern Peru (Cusco and Puno)

  • Lophotriccus pileatus luteiventris

    highlands of Costa Rica to eastern Panama (Darién)

  • Lophotriccus pileatus pileatus

    Andes of eastern Ecuador and Peru (southward to northern Cusco)

  • Lophotriccus pileatus santaeluciae

    Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/Venezuela border) and northeastern and northern Venezuela (from western Zulia eastward to northwestern Anzoátegui and southward to Táchira)

  • Lophotriccus pileatus squamaecrista

    Andes of Colombia, southward through the foothills and lowlands of western Ecuador to far northwestern Peru (Tumbes)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (scptyr1) Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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