Camptostoma

Taxobox
name = "Camptostoma"
status = LC
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Tyrannidae
genus = " Camptostoma "
genus_authority = Sclater, 1857
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = "C. imberbe"
"C. obsoletum"

"Camptostoma" is a small genus of tyrant flycatchers. It contains two species.
* Northern Beardless Tyrannulet, "Camptostoma imberbe"
* Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, "Camptostoma obsoletum"

These are very small passerine birds which breed in the tropical and subtropical Americas from the southernmost USA south to Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. The two species are similar, and were once considered conspecific. However, they overlap without interbreeding in central Costa Rica.

These are species of in light forests, cultivation and gardens with trees. The domed nest is made of plant fibre or leaves with a side entrance.

They are active birds, feeding in a vireo or warbler-like fashion on insects, spiders and berries.

References

*cite book
last = ffrench
first = Richard
title = A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
edition = 2nd edition
year = 1991
publisher = Comstock Publishing
isbn = 0-8014-9792-2
*cite book
last = Hilty
first = Steven L
title = Birds of Venezuela
publisher = Christopher Helm
date = 2003
location = London
isbn = 0-7136-6418-5
* Stiles and Skutch, "A guide to the birds of Costa Rica" ISBN 0-8014-9600-4