Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest, subtropical and tropical moist and high altitude shrubland. From 2,500 - 3,000 m, occasionally 1,500 - 3,600 m.
Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.
Very local in Andes of western Venezuela (Mérida), Colombia (south to Cundinamarca in eastern cordillera, in Cauca and Nariño in west), western and eastern Ecuador, and eastern slope in Peru (also three records on western slope), Bolivia (south to Tarija) and extreme north-western Argentina (northern Salta).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias uropygialis) [XC262152]
by Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Loaiza B. from Esmeraldas: Cayapachupa, Cordillera de Tois\u00e1n, Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador (song)
Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias uropygialis) [XC258663]
by Olaf Jahn from Loja: Celica, Ecuador (call, calls)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus as presently constituted may be polyphyletic. Anatomical evidence suggests that present species may be closest to Planalto Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias fasciatus) and Sooty-headed Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias griseiceps) and that all perhaps unrelated to others of genus, some or all of which possibly better placed in resurrected genus Tyranniscus. Was for long placed in latter.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet