Acre Tody-Tyrant
Hemitriccus cohnhafti
A small, drab, recently-discovered flycatcher. Has an olive-green back, a buff-streaked olive throat and breast, and a yellowish lower belly. Note the tawny lores and presence of two wingbars. Found in early successional forest and degraded bamboo forests, where it forages in the understory. Call is a frog-like trill.
Identification
The Acre tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus cohnhafti) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.
Taxonomy
Genus: Hemitriccus; Family: Tyrannidae; Order: Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Hemitriccus cohnhafti
- Authority
- Zimmer, KJ, Whittaker, Sardelli, Guilherme & Aleixo, 2013
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Hemitriccus
Range and habitat
- Migration
- unknown
Conservation
Population trend: declining.
- Population trend
- declining
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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