| Serra do Mar Tyrannulet | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Phylloscartes |
| Species: | P. difficilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phylloscartes difficilis (Ihering & Ihering, 1907) |
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The Serra do Mar Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes difficilis) is a small species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is endemic to humid montane forest in the Serra do Mar in south-eastern Brazil. More likely confused with the short-tailed and pale-eyed Hangnest Tody-tyrant than other members of the genus Phylloscartes, its bright olive-green upperparts contrast strongly with the grey underparts. It is generally uncommon and threatened by habitat loss.