Bahia tyrannulet

Bahia tyrannulet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Phylloscartes
Species: P. beckeri
Binomial name
Phylloscartes beckeri
Gonzaga & Pacheco, 1995

The Bahia tyrannulet (Phylloscartes beckeri) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to the state of Bahia in eastern Brazil. It is the most second recently described bird in the genus Phylloscartes after the Cinnamon-faced tyrannulet which was described two years later.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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