Flammulated Bamboo Tyrant

Hemitriccus flammulatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestTiny · 10 g

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The brown-breasted bamboo tyrant is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 8.8 to 11.7 g (0.31 to 0.41 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a plain olive green crown. They have a pale gray spot above the lores and a pale gray eye-ring on an otherwise olive green face. Their back and rump are olive green. Their wings are a slightly duskier olive green than their back with olive edges on the flight feathers. Their tail's upper side is olive and its underside duskier. Their throat is dull brownish gray with very faint darker streaks.

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When to see the Flammulated Bamboo Tyrant

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Flammulated 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 Flammulated Bamboo Tyrant

The flammulated bamboo tyrant, also called flammulated pygmy-tyrant, is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru.

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