05/01/2008;
Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua;
Itapajé, Ceará, Brasil.
© 2008 by Hermann Redies

Euscarthmus meloryphus;
Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant;
Barulhento.

Family: Tyrannidae
Subfamily: Elaeniinae

The most common vocalization of this bird is a short, harsh, and load sound, which consists of several syllables and comes in some variations. The spectrogram shows a short extract of a sequence of calls with two variations A and B.
Click for details of A
and for details of B.

Spectrogram: Vocalization of the 
     Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant (Euscarthmus meloryphus)