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Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant

Lophotriccus pileatus
(Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
Mosquerito de Yelmo
Family: Tyrannidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern
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Synonyms: E[uscarthmus] pileatus.

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Number of Photography: 17

Foto
Photography ID: 650542
  Adult
El Queremal
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/11/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650541
  Adult
El Queremal
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/11/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 646615
 El Queremal
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/11/2025
Nino A. Grangetto
Foto
Photography ID: 392122
  Adult
Ibague Zona De Boqueron
Tolima
Colombia
03/30/2020
Orlando Tobar Vargas
Foto
Photography ID: 373454
  Adult
Ibague Zona De Boqueron
Tolima
Colombia
01/11/2020
Orlando Tobar Vargas
Foto
Photography ID: 364023
♂  Adult
Ibague Zona De Boqueron
Tolima
Colombia
11/23/2019
Orlando Tobar Vargas
Foto
Photography ID: 352779
  Adult
Acp Bosque Churumazú
Pasco
Peru
08/29/2019
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 329655
  Adult
Ibague, Zona de Boquerón
Tolima
Colombia
04/27/2019
Orlando Tobar Vargas
Foto
Photography ID: 282947
  Adult
Ibague, Zona de Boquerón
Tolima
Colombia
08/23/2018
Orlando Tobar Vargas
Foto
Photography ID: 275480
  Adult
Ibague, Zona de Boquerón
Tolima
Colombia
05/26/2018
Orlando Tobar Vargas
Foto
Photography ID: 275479
  Immature
Ibague, Zona de Boquerón
Tolima
Colombia
07/12/2018
Orlando Tobar Vargas



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Number of Recorded Vocalizations: 1



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Hugo Caverzasi04/09/2023ColombiaValle del CaucaCentro de Educacion Ambiental El Topacio, CaliN/AN/ANoNo


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Number of Records: 51



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
235419520/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaLocalidad Hotel Tinamú Birding Nature Reserve1Pablo Eguia
233225020/07/2025ColombiaCaldasReserva Natural Hotel Tinamú, Manizales1Nino A. Grangetto
235344713/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaEcolodge La Minga1Pablo Eguia
233382213/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaLa Minga ecolodge1Jorge Schlemmer
233216313/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaLa Minga ecolodge1Nino A. Grangetto
235312811/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaDoña Dora Birding, El Queremal2Pablo Eguia
233370411/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaDoña Dora Birding, El Queremal2Jorge Schlemmer
233200111/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaDoña Dora Birding, El Queremal2Nino A. Grangetto
190844628/10/2023EcuadorPichinchaTandayapa Bird Lodge, Valle de Tandayapa1Julián Tocce
190568027/10/2023EcuadorPichinchaBosque Protector - Mindo Nambillo, Mindo1Julián Tocce
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 09/03/2026.










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