Fork-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant

About the Fork-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant

The fork-tailed tody-tyrant or fork-tailed pygmy tyrant (Hemitriccus furcatus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Brazil. The fork-tailed tody-tyrant was originally described in 1846 as Todirostrum furcatum. During part of the twentieth century some authors placed it by itself in genus Ceratotriccus, which by about 1980 was merged into Hemitriccus. Its closest relative appears to be Kaempfer's tody-tyrant (H. kaempferi).

The fork-tailed tody-tyrant is monotypic. 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. Their wings are bright olive with bright cinnamon edges on the inner flight feathers and wide creamy outer webs... Wikipedia →