Restinga Tyrannulet

The restinga tyrannulet (Phylloscartes kronei) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Brazil. == Taxonomy and systematics == The restinga tyrannulet is monotypic. The first known specimen of the restinga tyrannulet was collected in 1898 but was misidentified as a mottle-cheeked tyrannulet (P. ventralis). Willis and Oniki corrected the error in their formal description of the new species. They assigned the specific epithet kronei in honor of Ricardo Krone, the Brazilian zoologist who collected the 1898 specimen. == Description == The restinga tyrannulet is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 7.25 to 10 g (0.26 to 0.35 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a thin yellow supercilium, a yellow broken eye-ring, and a dusky line through the eye that continues to the rear and sweeps around the mottled dusky and yellowish ear coverts. Their crown, nape, back, and rump are greenish olive that is slightly browner on the crown. Their wings are dusky with yellowish outer webs on the flight feathers. Their wing coverts have yellow tips that form two wing bars. Their tail is dusky olive with thin greenish edges on the feathers. Their chin…