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Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet

Camptostoma imberbeOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Worn Adult Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Crested or plumed
  • Crown Color: Gray
  • Forehead Color: Gray
  • Nape Color: Gray
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Worn Adult Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 11 cm (4.5 in)
  • Weight: 9 g (0.3 oz)
  • Size: Size 1. Very Small (3 - 5 in)
  • Color: White, Gray, Olive
  • Underparts: White to pale yellow.
  • Upperparts: Gray
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Worn Adult Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Weak direct flight on rapidly beating wings.
  • Wingspan Range: 18 cm (7 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Black
  • Under Tail: Black
  • Leg Color: Gray-black
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Family Flycatcher (Tyrannidae)_blue
Species Camptostoma imberbe
Length4.5 Inches
Wingspan7 Inches

Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet

Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet: Small flycatcher with gray upperparts and breast, slight crest, pale eyebrow, indistinct eye-ring, and dull white or pale yellow belly. Wings are gray with two pale bars. The bill is small, slightly decurved, and dark with an orange base. Weak direct flight.

● Song: "peeert" or "pee-yert"

● Foraging & Feeding: Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet: In summer, hawks insects in mid-air; in winter, forages for insects by gleaning from twigs and leaves like a kinglet, warbler, or vireo. Also feeds on small berries.

● Breeding & nesting: Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet: One to three white eggs finely marked with brown, olive, and gray are laid in a spherical nest with a high entrance on one side, made of grass and weeds, and lined with vegetation, down, and feathers. Nest is built on an outer branch of a deciduous tree 4 to 50 feet above the ground. Incubation period is unknown but is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet: Buff-breasted Flycatcher is slightly larger, has pale brown upperparts and head, cinnamon-brown breast, belly, and underparts, two white wingbars, and white eye-ring that forms a teardrop.

Flight Pattern

Weak direct flight on rapidly beating wings.
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Worn Adult Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet: Breeds in southeastern Arizona and southernmost Texas. Most migrate to Mexico for the winter; also found in the tropics. Inhabits low thorn scrub, especially mesquite thickets and woodland borders.
BreedingMonogamous
PopulationYes but uncommon
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.3 Ounces