Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Bergbeektachuri |
| English | Torrent Tyrannulet |
| English (United States) | Torrent Tyrannulet |
| French | Tyranneau des torrents |
| French (French Guiana) | Tyranneau des torrents |
| German | Sturzbach-Kleintyrann |
| Japanese | カトリタイランチョウ |
| Norwegian | strømtyrannulett |
| Polish | tyranek szary |
| Russian | Серый пиохито |
| Slovak | moskytár bystrinový |
| Spanish | Piojito Guardarríos |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Mosquerito Guardarrios |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Tiranolete Guardarríos |
| Spanish (Panama) | Mosquerito Guardarríos |
| Spanish (Peru) | Moscareta de los Torrentes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Piojito guardarríos |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Atrapamoscas de los Torrentes |
| Swedish | forsdvärgtyrann |
| Turkish | Dere Tiranuleti |
| Ukrainian | Тираник сірий |
SPECIES
Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
Graham Montgomery
Version: 1.0 — Published September 7, 2012
Version: 1.0 — Published September 7, 2012
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Diet and Foraging
Diet
Torrent Tyrannulets are insectivorous. They feed mainly on macroinvertebrates, especially flying insects like dragonflies (Odonata), moths (Lepidoptera), mayflies (Ephemeroptera), and caddisflies (Trichoptera). They forage through several methods: aerial hawking, sally-gleaning, and picking, with aerial hawking being the most common (George and Master 2008). Wading and ground pursuit of prey have also been observed (Smith 1971). Foraging most commonly takes place from large, in-stream boulders.