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title: "Bright-rumped Attila"
description: "Attila spadiceus — Vogels. The bright-rumped attila or polymorphic attila (Attila spadiceus) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family (Tyrannidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/bright-rumped-attila
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bright-rumped Attila

> Attila spadiceus — Vogels. The bright-rumped attila or polymorphic attila (Attila spadiceus) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family (Tyrannidae).

- Scientific name: *Attila spadiceus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1797
- Wikidata: [Q1269881](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269881)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16748](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16748)

## Names

- en: Bright-rumped Attila
- de: Gelbbürzel-Attilatyrann
- es: Mosquero Atila
- fr: Attila à croupion jaune
- pt: Capitão-de-saíra-amarelo
- pl: Rudotyran oliwkowy

## Countries with the most observations

MX (626), CR (338), PA (193), BR (98), BZ (56), CO (52), GT (46), HN (43), EC (33), GF (22), PE (17), TT (6)

## Summary

The bright-rumped attila or polymorphic attila (Attila spadiceus) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family (Tyrannidae). It breeds from northwestern Mexico to western Ecuador, Bolivia and southeastern Brazil, and on Trinidad.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright-rumped_attila

## Photo

![Bright-rumped Attila](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bright-rumped-attila/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193323904

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bright-rumped-attila?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).