About the Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant
The cinnamon-breasted tody-tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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The buff-breasted tody-tyrant is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long; eight individuals weighed 6.5 to 8.5 g (0.23 to 0.30 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dark olive green crown and nape with a brownish wash. They have cinnamon lores, eye-ring, and ear coverts and a darkish gray cheek. Their back and rump are olive green. Their wings are dusky with olive yellow edges on all the flight feathers and much white on the secondaries. Their tail is dusky with olive yellow edges on the feathers. Voice: The cinnamon-breasted tody-tyrant's song is "a tinkling, descending, rapid trill: tEEEeeeerrrrr" and its call "a series of rising, mewed weeb notes".
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What the Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Yungas Tody-TyrantHemitriccus spodiopsThe Yungas tody-tyrant is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 6.9 to 7.5 g (0.24 to 0.26 oz).
Pelzeln's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus inornatusPelzeln's tody-tyrant is about 9 cm (3.5 in) long and weighs 7.7 to 9 g (0.27 to 0.32 oz).
Acre Tody-TyrantHemitriccus cohnhaftiThe Acre tody-tyrant is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long; one male weighed 9 g (0.32 oz).
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