Yungas Tody-Tyrant

About the Yungas Tody-Tyrant

The Yungas tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus spodiops) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. The Yungas tody-tyrant was originally described as Euscarthmus spodiops. It was later variously placed in genera Idioptilon and Snethlagea; both were merged into Hemitriccus in the last half of the twentieth century.

The Yungas tody-tyrant is monotypic. The Yungas tody-tyrant is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 6.9 to 7.5 g (0.24 to 0.26 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dark olive-green crown with a short bushy crest. They have grayish buff lores on an otherwise olive-green face. Their back and rump are dark olive-green. Their wings and tail are dark olive green with yellowish olive ends on the coverts that show as two somewhat indistinct wing bars. Their throat and underparts are mostly grayish olive with faint whitish streaks except on the clear yellowish white belly. They have a pale yellow iris and pinkish gray to pinkish legs and feet. Their blackish bill is flattish with a wide base.

The Yungas tody-tyrant's range is almost entirely... Wikipedia →