Boat-billed Tody-Tyrant

About the Boat-billed Tody-Tyrant

The boat-billed tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus josephinae) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname. The boat-billed tody-tyrant was originally described as Euscarthmus josephinae. The species' specific epithet honors the daughter of F. V. McConnell, whose collection held the type specimen. The species for a time was placed alone in genus Microcochlearius which was later merged into Hemitriccus.

The boat-billed tody-tyrant is monotypic. The boat-billed tody-tyrant is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 10.2 to 10.5 g (0.36 to 0.37 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dull olive crown and nape. They have pale gray lores and ear coverts on an otherwise olive face. Their back and rump are dull olive. Their wings are plain olive and their tail dusky brownish olive. Their throat is dingy grayish white, their breast and belly pale yellow, and their crissum buffy. They have a reddish brown iris and light gray legs and feet. Their bill has a wide base; it is gray with a pale base to the mandible.

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