Black-throated Tody-Tyrant
Hemitriccus granadensis
The black-throated tody-tyrant is 8.5 to 11 cm (3.3 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 6.5 to 8.5 g (0.23 to 0.30 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies H. g. granadensis have a dark olive crown. Their lores and wide eye-ring are whitish and their ear coverts grayish olive. Their back and rump are dark olive. Their wings are dark olive with indistinct yellow edges on the coverts. Their tail is dark dusky olive. Their upper throat and lower cheeks are sooty black and their lower throat whitish with grayish edges. Voice: As of early 2025 xeno-canto had many recordings of black-throated tody-tyrant vocalizations from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru but only one from Bolivia and none from Venezuela. The nominate subspecies gives a "short rattling trill, 'ti-ti-r-r-r-r-r-r'" or a "fast trill". Other calls include "a gravelly 'dut't't, dut't't', a nasal 'tip-buuuuu' and sharp 'pik, peet, peet' ".
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Hangnest Tody-Tyrant
Hemitriccus nidipendulus
The hangnest tody-tyrant is 9.5 to 10 cm (3.7 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 7.2 to 8 g (0.25 to 0.28 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a bright olive-green crown. Their lores are yellowish olive and the rest of their face bright olive-green. Their back and rump are bright olive-green. Their wings are olive with yellow edges on the flight feathers and coverts. Their tail is olive. Their throat and underparts are mostly white with faint grayish olive streaks on the breast and flanks. Subspecies H. n. Voice: The hangnest tody-tyrant's song is a "very high, fast, rolling 'tidr-de-tidr-de-dir' ". Another rendition of it is "tiréé-téélili téélili téélili".
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