Alternative name: Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant
- Hemitriccus diops
Identification
11cm (4¼ in)
- Dull olive upperparts
- White eye-ring and supraloral spot
- Dull grey throat and breast
- Whiter belly
- Yellow wing bend
- Yellow on crissum
Distribution
South America: found in south-eastern Brazil (south-eastern Bahia) to eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Humid forest and secondary growth where it forages in the undergrowth especially in bamboo patches.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects which are hawked aerially.
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/
- Arthur Grosset
- Birding Rio
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Drab-breasted Pygmy Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Drab-breasted_Pygmy_Tyrant
