Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant
Hemitriccus mirandae
The Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus mirandae) is a rare tyrant flycatcher found only in Brazil, weighing about 9 g. The buff-breasted tody-tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.
About the Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant
The buff-breasted tody-tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Brazil.
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How to identify it
The buff-breasted tody-tyrant is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a darkish olive crown and pale creamy buff face. Their back and rump are darkish olive. Their wings are dusky olive with wide creamy edges on the innermost secondaries. Their tail is dusky olive. Their throat and breast are pale creamy buff, their belly more whitish, and their crissum pale yellow. They have an orange iris, a gray maxilla, a paler mandible, and gray to pale pinkish legs and feet. Voice: The buff-breasted tody-tyrant's song is a "short series of 7-8 sharp, well-accentuated notes, slightly accelerating and ascending". It has been written as "kt-kit-kit-kiit-kiit-kiiit-kit".
Where it lives
When to see it
Best months: January, February, March, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in January. It is a resident species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant?
- The buff-breasted tody-tyrant is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long. Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant?
- The Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant is a tiny sized bird weighing about 9 g.
- Where can you see a Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant?
- The Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant is endemic to Brazil, which is the only country where it occurs.
- What birds look similar to a Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant?
- The Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant is most easily confused with the Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant, the Kaempfer's Tody-Tyrant and the Yungas Tody-Tyrant.
- Is the Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant endangered?
- The Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
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