Gray-capped Tyrannulet

11 cm. A distinctively colored long-tailed Phyllomyias tyrannulet of the Atlantic rain forest. Bill short and thick, entirely blackish. Head, throat and upper chest light slate-gray. A faint lighter superciliary stripe and eye ring. Back green. Wings blackish with 2 bright narrow yellow wing bars. Breast and belly bright yellow-olive. Not very vocal species. Calls are a sequence of rather low "weer" or shorter "tweet" notes, up to 6 or 7, slowly descending like "weer.... weer.... weer.... weer.... weer..... weer...." reminiscent of the calls of Hypocnemis cantator. Also a drawn out ascending whistle "weeeiiiii" which is repeated several times. An upward hover-gleaner ^31 , mostly high up in the forest canopy, but also lower. Frequently in mixed bird parties. Not uncommon in primary and secondary rain forest and borders. Throughout in the Atlantic forest region | <8E>Itatiaia, Ubatuba, PE Jacupiranga<8E>etc., from sea level to 1600 meters ^44 . 12195 Song Fazenda Capricornio near Ubatuba, 11<10>21<10>98. Cloudy, light rain, 20<91>C. Forest border. With /Legatus leucophaius, Ramphastos vitellinus, Todirostrum poliocephalum .: 12771 Song Fazenda Capricornio near Ubatuba, 11<10>21<10>98. Cloudy, light rain, 20<91>C. Forest border.: 7264 Call. Cornell Cat 30152. Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, 11<10>12<10>82. With /Basileuterus culicivorus, Chiroxiphia caudata, Saltator similis, Recording by T. A. Parker, III.: 5885 >: