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Oustalet's Tyrannulet
- Scientific name
- Phylloscartes oustaleti
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Forest mixed
- Wing shape
- Rounded
- Tail shape
- Notched
Where it came from
Oustalet's Tyrannulet was first described by the ornithologist Ernst Hartert in 1902. It is a member of the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae, and is endemic to the Atlantic Forest regions of southeastern Brazil. Its discovery occurred during a period of intense exploration into the diverse avian fauna of the Brazilian coastal mountain ranges, an area that remains critical for studying biodiversity and endemism in South America.
The species is named in honor of the French zoologist Émile Oustalet, who served as a curator at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. The bird's morphology, characterized by its rounded wings and notched tail, is typical of the genus Phylloscartes. These physical traits are adapted for its life in the canopy and sub-canopy of humid forests, where it navigates dense foliage to forage for small insects.
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