Kaempfer's tody-tyrant (''Hemitriccus kaempferi'') is a rare species of

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in the family

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. It is

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to the

Atlantic forest The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...

in southeastern

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. It was known only from two specimens until the 1990s, when it was finally observed in life. It is protected under Brazilian lawBarnett, J. M., et al. (2000)
Rediscovery and subsequent observations of Kaempfer’s Tody-tyrant ''Hemitriccus kaempferi'' in Santa Catarina, Brazil, with notes on conservation, life history and plumage.
''Bird Conservation International'' 10 371-79. and it is on the

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' Endangered Species List.USFWS
Listing seven Brazilian bird species as endangered throughout their range; Final rule.
''Federal Register'' December 28, 2010. Kaempfer's tody-tyrant is long and

olive green Olive is a dark yellowish-green color, like that of unripe or green olives. As a color word in the English language, it appears in late Middle English. Shaded toward gray, it becomes olive drab. Variations Olivine Olivine is the typical ...

in color. The eyes are encircled with pale rings. Specimens of this bird were collected in 1929 and 1950. It was not seen again until 1991. The bird lives in forested habitat, often near rivers. Pairs often forage together. They build nests several meters up in trees, constructing them with mosses, grasses, and dead leaves. The call is a series of "kwit" notes.

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BirdLife Species Factsheet.
Hemitriccus Birds of the Atlantic Forest Endemic birds of Brazil Birds described in 1953 Taxa named by John T. Zimmer Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Tyrannidae-stub