Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant

Hemitriccus diops

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestTiny · 10 g

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The drab-breasted bamboo tyrant is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 9.5 to 13.5 g (0.34 to 0.48 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a plain dark olive-green crown. They have a white spot above the lores and a white eye-ring on an otherwise olive-green face. Their back and rump are plain dark olive-green. Their wings and tail are plain olive though sometimes the innermost secondaries have paler edges. Their throat and breast are mostly dull gray with a pinkish or purplish tinge; there is a faint white crescent between them. Voice: What may be either the song or a call of the drab-breasted bamboo tyrant is a "very high, upslurred, scratchy 'krrru', like a mini-rattle". Other vocalizations include " 'bit', 'sewit' or 'bit-biwít' ".

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When to see the Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant

The drab-breasted bamboo tyrant or drab-breasted pygmy-tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

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