Birds of Bolivia

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Hemitriccus (11 species, 22 worldwide)


Acre Tody-Tyrant
Acre Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus cohnhafti) Near Threatened
Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

A recently discovered species found on the Brazil-Bolivia border in southeast Acre and adjacent southeast Peru (IOC).

Flammulated Bamboo Tyrant
Flammulated Bamboo Tyrant (Hemitriccus flammulatus flammulatus)
Pantiacolla Ridge, Madre de Dios, Peru  
   
Photograph by Graham Montgomery   © All Rights Reserved.



Black-throated Tody-Tyrant
Black-throated Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus granadensis)
San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Tiny. Found in upper ranges of Andean cloud forest, at around 2500 m. Note distinctive wing noise in short flights.
Side view.
Santa Marta subspecies from back.

White-bellied Tody-Tyrant
White-bellied Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus griseipectus griseipectus)
Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.


Johannes's Tody-Tyrant
Johannes's Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus iohannis)
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

More common in the southern end of range. Plain-colored with dull streaking on chest. Note yellow border to wing feathers.
From back.

Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant
Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer impiger)
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Small size, light colored eye, and dry scrub habitat similar to Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant. Check vocal differences, and pearly vent. Note also head is grey and bill is one color (the same color at the base as the tip).

Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant
Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus minimus)
Carajas National Forest, Para, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant
Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus minor)
Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant
Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus minor)
Manoa, Pando, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.


Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant
Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus rufigularis) Near Threatened
Plataforma, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Yungas Tody-Tyrant
Yungas Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus spodiops) ENDEMIC
Illampu, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.


Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant
Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus striaticollis griseiceps)
Paracuru, Caerá, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.



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