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Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Carlos Henrique
Fazenda Bacury, Anhembi, SP, Brazil, February 2009
Hemitriccus orbitatus

Identification

  • Olive above
  • Yellow below
  • Olive streaks on throat
  • White eye ring
  • White supraloral spot
  • Grey upper mandible, flesh lower mandible

Distribution

South America: found in the lowlands of south=eastern Brazil (southern Minas Gerais to north-eastern Rio Grande do Sul).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Rainforest.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Vocalisation

Voice: Squeaky trill

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

Arthur Grosset

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