Minas Gerais Tyrannulet - Phylloscartes roquettei

Minas Gerais Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes roquettei)

Pirapora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
February 2002

The Minas Gerais Tyrannulet is a Brazilian endemic and is classified as Endangered in "Threatened Birds of the World"

This species was only discovered in 1926 on the banks of the rio São Francisco near Januária in Minas Gerais but, apart from a sighting in 1977, it has not been seen again at the original site. In 1993 it was found at a site near Pirapora about 200 km south but still on the rio São Francisco.

We found 3 birds that spent most of their time about 25 metres up in the canopy of a small group of trees on the banks of a stream called the Corrego dos Ovos. On one occasion a bird dropped down to within a few metres of us but unfortunately did not show well enough for a decent photo. Another pair of birds was seen a few hundred metres away but it seems to be very scarce indeed.

There is an illustration in Threatened Birds of the World, Page 394.

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