Tiny Tyrant-Manakin Tyranneutes virescens Scientific name definitions

This species is principally allopatric with the Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin (Tyranneutes stolzmanni), but the two species’ ranges might well overlap in southeast Venezuela, although genuine syntopy appears unlikely. In general, these two tyrant-manakins replace one another either side of the Rio Branco, the lower Rio Negro and the Amazon. The Tiny Tyrant-Manakin is most easily detected by its highly distinctive and easily remembered Nicky the Greek advertisement song. In plumage, but not vocalisations, the Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin is extremely similar to the present species, but is very marginally larger and slightly longer tailed. Apart from voice, they are otherwise best separated by virtue of the Tiny Tyrant-Manakin’s dark irides and the male’s yellow coronal patch, although this is usually invisible in the field. Although the species regularly visits the canopy and subcanopy, the Tiny Tyrant-Manakin is mainly found in the upper understory and mid growth of humid lowland forest, almost exclusively in terra firme, but including forests on sandy soils. It also visits borders, at least occasionally.

E Venezuela (NE & SE Bolívar), the Guianas and NE Amazonian Brazil (from R Branco and lower R Negro E to Amapá).