Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Hemitriccus (6 species, 22 worldwide)


Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant
Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus)
Chinapintza, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © 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.

Johannes's Tody-Tyrant
Johannes's Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus iohannis)
Puerto NariƱo, 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.

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


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


White-eyed Tody-Tyrant
White-eyed Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus zosterops zosterops)
Manaus, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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