This small, tit-like bird (4") is difficult to photograph because, like many other little insectivores, it rapidly jumps from branch to banch, and in and out of shrubs and bushes. For a second, it actually stayed in this bush of blue berries. The distinctive crest (that has given it the name 'tufted' in English) is clearly visible in the picture, but not the yellow eye (which gave it its Swedish name, "yellow-eyed"). The very black pupil, however, is visible. This species seems very adaptive. It occurs all the way from southern Colombia, along the Andes, down to the Tierra del Fuego. It thrives up to the tree line in many areas and down to sea-level in the far south.