Hangnest Tody-Tyrant - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Rafael Fortes
Taubaté-SP, Brazil, May 2010

Hemitriccus nidipendulus

Identification

9·5–10 cm (3¾-4 in)

• Olive-green crown, face and upperparts
• Yellowish-green lores
• Olive wings and tail
• Yellow edges to wing-coverts

Distribution

Photo by Lcverissimo
Intervales Park, São Paulo State, Brazil, August 2014

South America: endemic to Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• H. n. nidipendulus:

• East-central Brazil (Bahia)

• H. n. paulistus:

• South-eastern Brazil (Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais to São Paulo)

Habitat

Dense woodland, humid evergreen forest and secondary forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of insects. They sometimes feed in pairs.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hangnest Tody-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hangnest_Tody-Tyrant

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