Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant

Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant

Pseudotriccus pelzelni

Silhouette: Emily Willoughby · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Los Nevados National Natural Park

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

123 Verified sightings at Los Nevados National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026
141 In all 2 parks
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant

The bronze-olive pygmy tyrant (Pseudotriccus pelzelni) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru. The bronze-olive pygmy tyrant has these four subspecies:

The bronze-olive pygmy tyrant and the hazel-fronted pygmy tyrant (P. simplex) form a superspecies and might be conspecific. The bronze-olive pygmy tyrant is 11 to 11.5 cm (4.3 to 4.5 in) long and weighs 9 to 11 g (0.32 to 0.39 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies P. p. pelzelni have a mostly dark brownish-olive head, upperparts, and tail. Their crown is slightly darker than their back and has a bushy crest that is only rarely raised. Their wings are also dark brownish-olive, but with diffuse warmer brown edges to the coverts and inner flight feathers. Their chin and throat are creamy whitish, their breast and flanks olive, and their belly and undertail coverts creamy yellow. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:07

Ecuador · 2026

© Daan van der Hoeven · XC1163195 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call1:10

Colombia · 2018

© Jerome Fischer · XC442691 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Begging call0:24

Ecuador · 2006

© Olaf Jahn · XC262178 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
2 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant in Los Nevados National Natural Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant sighting in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, based on 123 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 216th most-seen of the 424 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant in Los Nevados National Natural Park?

August

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to July, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Los Nevados National Natural Park the best place to see a Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant?

Yes

Of the 2 parks where we can rate Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant sightings, Los Nevados National Natural Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, under 5%).

Where does the Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant is recorded against all the birds logged in Los Nevados National Natural Park (123 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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