- Hemitriccus mirandae
Identification
10cm (4 in)
- Olive-green upperparts
- Buff pink around eye, lores, throat and breast
- Dusky wings
- Whitish-edged tertials
- Whitish-yellow underparts
- Tail fringed yellowish-olive
- Cinnamon-orange iris
- Bill: dusky upper mandible, paler below
Distribution
South America: found in the lowlands of eastern Brazil (Ceará, Pernambuco and Alagoas).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Forest edges between 600 and 1,000 metres.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Arthur Grosset
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-breasted_Tody-Tyrant
