- Hemitriccus kaempferi
Identification
10 cm (4 in)
- Brownish-olive head and face
- Buff lores and eye-ring
- Dull olive-green upperparts
- Pale yellow throat
- Pale greenish-yellow underparts
- Dark wings and tail
- Brown iris
Distribution
South America: found in South East Brazil (east Santa Catarina).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Humid, lowland evergreen forest and shrubby second growth.
Behaviour
Diet
Diet consists almost entirely of insects, and caterpillars.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Oct 2017)
- BirdLife International
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Kaempfer's Tody-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Kaempfer%27s_Tody-Tyrant
