Hemitriccus is a genus of small South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They are commonly known as tody-tyrants or bamboo tyrants, but the former name is (or was) also shared with several members of the genus Poecilotriccus. Several species from the genus Hemitriccus are very similar, and consequently best separated by their voice.
Taxonomy The genus Hemitriccus was introduced in 1860 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine to accommodate a single species, Muscicapa diops Temminck, 1822, the drab-breasted bamboo tyrant. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hēmi- meaning "half-" or "small" with trikkos, a word for an unidentified small bird that in ornithology signifies a tyrant flycatcher.
Species The genus contains the following 22 species:
Image Common name Scientific name Distribution Drab-breasted bamboo tyrant Hemitriccus diops Atlantic Forest Brown-breasted bamboo tyrant Hemitriccus obsoletus southeastern Brazil Flammulated bamboo tyrant Hemitriccus flammulatus southwestern Amazonia Snethlage's tody-tyrant Hemitriccus minor Amazonia Yungas tody-tyrant Hemitriccus spodiops Yungas Acre tody-tyrant Hemitriccus cohnhafti Acre Boat-billed tody-tyrant Hemitriccus josephinae Guiana Shield White-eyed tody-tyrant Hemitriccus zosterops northern Amazonia White-bellied tody-tyrant Hemitriccus griseipectus southern Amazonia and Pernambuco coastal forests Zimmer's tody-tyrant Hemitriccus minimus southern Amazonia Eye-ringed tody-tyrant Hemitriccus orbitatus southern Atlantic Forest Johannes's tody-tyrant Hemitriccus iohannis western Amazonia Stripe-necked tody-tyrant Hemitriccus striaticollis northern South America Hangnest tody-tyrant Hemitriccus nidipensulus Atlantic Forest Pearly-vented tody-tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer northwestern and central/eastern South America Pelzeln's tody-tyrant Hemitriccus inornatus Brazil, north of the Amazon River Black-throated tody-tyrant Hemitriccus granadensis northern Andes Buff-breasted tody-tyrant Hemitriccus mirandae Caatinga moist-forest enclaves and Pernambuco Forests Cinnamon-breasted tody-tyrant Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus Cordillera del Cóndor Kaempfer's tody-tyrant Hemitriccus kaempferi Serra do Mar coastal forests (south) Buff-throated tody-tyrant Hemitriccus rufigularis northern Andes Fork-tailed tody-tyrant Hemitriccus furcatus Serra do Mar coastal forests (north)
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