''Hemitriccus'' is a genus of small

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bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

s in the family

Tyrannidae The tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) are a family of passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They are considered the largest family of birds known to exist in the world, with more than 400 species. They are the most dive ...

. They are commonly known as tody-tyrants or bamboo tyrants, but the former name is (or was) also shared with several members of the genus ''

Poecilotriccus ''Poecilotriccus'' is a genus of small flycatchers in the family Tyrannidae. Except for the recently described Johnson's tody-flycatcher, all have, at one point or another, been included in the genus ''Todirostrum''. Some species have been known ...

''. Several species from the genus ''Hemitriccus'' are very similar, and consequently best separated by their voice.

Species

It contains the following 22 species: * Snethlage's tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus minor'' * Boat-billed tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus josephinae'' *

Flammulated bamboo tyrant The flammulated bamboo tyrant (''Hemitriccus flammulatus''), also called flammulated pygmy tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Amazonian Peru and Bolivia, and the bordering states of Brazil ...

, ''Hemitriccus flammulatus'' * Drab-breasted bamboo tyrant, ''Hemitriccus diops'' *

Brown-breasted bamboo tyrant The brown-breasted bamboo tyrant (''Hemitriccus obsoletus'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina and Brazil. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physica ...

, ''Hemitriccus obsoletus'' *

White-eyed tody-tyrant The white-eyed tody-tyrant (''Hemitriccus zosterops'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in the northern Amazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas of French Guiana, Suriname, and southeast Guyana; al ...

, ''Hemitriccus zosterops'' *

Zimmer's tody-tyrant Zimmer's tody-tyrant (''Hemitriccus minimus'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Its name commemorates American ornith ...

, ''Hemitriccus minimus'' *

Eye-ringed tody-tyrant The eye-ringed tody-tyrant (''Hemitriccus orbitatus'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss Habi ...

, ''Hemitriccus orbitatus'' * Johannes's tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus iohannis'' * Stripe-necked tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus striaticollis'' *

Hangnest tody-tyrant The hangnest tody-tyrant (''Hemitriccus nidipendulus'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic facto ...

, ''Hemitriccus nidipendulus'' * Yungas tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus spodiops'' *

Pearly-vented tody-tyrant The pearly-vented tody-tyrant (''Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical ...

, ''Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer'' *

Pelzeln's tody-tyrant Pelzeln's tody-tyrant (''Hemitriccus inornatus'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that ...

, ''Hemitriccus inornatus'' *

Black-throated tody-tyrant The black-throated tody-tyrant (''Hemitriccus granadensis'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the ...

, ''Hemitriccus granadensis'' * Buff-throated tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus rufigularis'' *

Cinnamon-breasted tody-tyrant The cinnamon-breasted tody-tyrant (''Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habita ...

, ''Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus'' * Buff-breasted tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus mirandae'' *

Kaempfer's tody-tyrant Kaempfer's tody-tyrant (''Hemitriccus kaempferi'') is a rare species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to the Atlantic forest in southeastern Brazil. It was known only from two specimens until the 1990s, when it was finally observed ...

, ''Hemitriccus kaempferi'' *

Fork-tailed tody-tyrant The fork-tailed tody-tyrant or fork-tailed pygmy tyrant (''Hemitriccus furcatus'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tr ...

, ''Hemitriccus furcatus'' * White-bellied tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus griseipectus'' *

Acre tody-tyrant The Acre tody-tyrant (''Hemitriccus cohnhafti'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, found in Bolivia and Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The Acre tody-tyrant was first described as a spe ...

, ''Hemitriccus cohnhafti''

References

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