About the Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant
The fork-tailed tody-tyrant or fork-tailed pygmy tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Brazil.
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The fork-tailed tody-tyrant is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long. Adults have a distinctive tail whose outer feathers are longer than the inner ones and curve slightly inwards; males' tails are somewhat more deeply forked than females'. The sexes otherwise have the same plumage. They have a bright cinnamon-brown forehead and a brownish olive crown and nape. They have a pale cinnamon-buff spot above the lores and a pale cinnamon buff eye-ring on an otherwise cocoa-brown to cinnamon face. Their back and rump are bright olive. Voice: The fork-tailed tody-tyrant's song is a "short, dry, hurried, temperamental-sounding rattle, like 't-drrrit' ('t' lower)".
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Johannes's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus iohannisJohannes's tody-tyrant is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 9.2 to 12.7 g (0.32 to 0.45 oz).
Brown-breasted Bamboo TyrantHemitriccus obsoletusThe brown-breasted bamboo tyrant is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 9 to 11 g (0.32 to 0.39 oz).
Zimmer's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus minimusZimmer's tody-tyrant is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and weighs 6 to 8 g (0.21 to 0.28 oz).
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