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Sooty Tyrannulet

Sooty Tyrannulet - Serpophaga nigricans
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Bird name: Sooty Tyrannulet
Latin: Serpophaga nigricans
Other: João-pobre (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrannulets

The Sooty Tyrannulet has no strong features, no white supercilium, is greyish-brown with light throat and front, pale wing bars, quite a long tail, which is often cocked.

The Sooty Tyrannulet lives, often near water, in southeastern South America including the southern states of Brazil.


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