Family Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Least Concern
White-bellied Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus griseipectus)
Taxonomy
French: Todirostre à ventre blanc German: Weißbauch-Todityrann Spanish: Titirijí ventriblanco
Taxonomy:
Euscarthmus griseipectus
E. Snethlage
, 1907,Alcobaça, Rio Tocantins, Brazil
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Subspecies and Distribution
H. g. griseipectus
(E. Snethlage, 1907) – C Brazil S of Amazon (C Amazonas E to R Tocantins) S to SE Peru (Cuzco, N Puno) and N Bolivia (Pando, La Paz, Beni).
H. g. naumburgae
(J. T. Zimmer, 1945) – NE Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte S to Alagoas).
Descriptive notes
11 cm; 7·9–10 g. Has crown and upperparts olive-green, loral area pale, indistinct whitish eyering; wings dusky, two fairly distinct yellowish wingbars, olive-yellow... read more
Voice
Rising couplet or triplet of nasal to metallic notes, rapid and high-pitched, “ca-déék” or “kee-dee... read more
Habitat
Humid tropical terra firme and transitional forest in low country, hills and base of... read more
Food and feeding
Insects. Forages alone, more rarely in pairs, very rarely joining mixed-species flocks. Perches inconspicuously, but usually on quite open... read more
Breeding
Birds with enlarged gonads in Sept–Oct in SE Peru. No other information.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Uncommon to locally fairly common. Common in Manu National Park and Biosphere Reserve and Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone, in Peru; also occurs in... read more
Has often been considered conspecific with H. zosterops (which see), but major differences in plumage and voice; vocal characters confirm that race naumburgae, formerly treated with H. zosterops, belongs with present species, both having double “kwi-dik” daytime call, as well as greyish-white belly. Two subspecies recognized.