Scattered Amazonian localities in south-eastern Ecuador (Kapawi), north-eastern Peru (near Iquitos), Brazil (north-western Acre and Amazonas east to Manaus and southern Pará), and north-eastern Bolivia (west of Versalles, in Beni; Serranía de Huanchaca, in Santa Cruz); suspected to occur widely across Amazonia where appropriate habitat exists.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus minimus) [XC163171]
by Dan Lane from Allpahuayo-Mishana Reserve, Loreto, Peru (song)
Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus minimus) [XC8275]
by Roger Ahlman from Allpahuayo-Mishana Reserve, Loreto, Peru (song?)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Thought to form a superspecies with Pelzeln's Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus inornatus) on basis of complementary distributions and similarities in habitat and voice. Was for long regarded as a weakly defined subspecies of Snethlage's Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus minor). Recent study of original series of specimens, however, revealed existence of two separate species, also that described taxon Hemitriccus aenigma is identical to holotype of present species, with which therefore synonymized.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet