Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant

About the Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant

The buff-throated tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus rufigularis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The buff-throated tody-tyrant has a complicated taxonomic history. It was originally described in 1873 as Euscarthmus rufigularis. In the twentieth century it was moved to genus Idioptilon which was later merged into Hemitriccus.

The buff-throated tody-tyrant is monotypic. The buff-throated tody-tyrant is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 7.8 to 9.8 g (0.28 to 0.35 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a grayish buff crown and nape. They have an indistinct buffy white eye-ring on and otherwise cinnamon buff face. Their back and rump are olive green. Their wings and tail are olive green with greenish yellow edges on the flight feathers and tail feathers. Their throat and breast are pale cinnamon buff with faint gray streaks, their belly is whitish with a yellow tinge and gray mottling on the flanks, and their undertail coverts are pale yellow. They have a highly variable pale iris, a black maxilla with a whitish tip, a grayish or cream mandible... Wikipedia →