Family Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Vulnerable
Kaempfer's Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus kaempferi)
Taxonomy
French: Todirostre de Kaempfer German: Ockerbrust-Todityrann Spanish: Titirijí de Kaempfer
Taxonomy:
Idioptilon mirandae kaempferi
J. T. Zimmer
, 1953,Salto do Piraí, 450 feet [c. 140 m], Santa Catarina, Brazil
.Distribution:
SE Paraná and NE Santa Catarina, in SE Brazil.
Descriptive notes
10 cm. Similar to geographically remote H. cinnamomeipectus. Has crown buffy olive, lores, ocular area and cheek buffy; upperparts dark olive; wings dark olive,... read more
Voice
A short series of high-pitched, nasal, raspy notes, “kuít-kuít” or... read more
Habitat
Lowland tropical evergreen forest and shrubby second growth, favouring low, shaded growth with ... read more
Food and feeding
Insects; lepidopteran caterpillar observed to be taken. Forages alone or in pairs in dense vegetation, 0·5–3 m above ground;... read more
Breeding
No information.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
VULNERABLE. Restricted-range species: present in Atlantic Forest Lowlands EBA. Apparently rare, and known from only eleven localities. Extrapolating from an observed density... read more
See H. zosterops. Originally regarded as a race of H. mirandae, but differs in minor plumage characters, including browner upperparts (1), yellowish-tinged breast (1), belly yellower (1), more pronounced wingbars (ns[1])#R; and significantly in voice, with individual notes of song sharply upslurred vs overslurred, so that change in frequency exceptional (4) and notes somewhat longer (1). Monotypic.