Brown-breasted Bamboo-tyrant (Hemitriccus obsoletus)

Other Names (World)
Brown-breasted Bamboo-Tyrant, Brown-breasted Pygmy-tyrant, Brown-breasted Bamboo Tyrant

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Ribeiro, 1906)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 500 - 2,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Brazil.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (37)...)

Brown-breasted Bamboo Tyrant (Hemitriccus obsoletus) [XC284188]
by Jeremy Minns from Parque Estadual Intervales. Barra Grande, Brazil (call, song, wing sounds)

Brown-breasted Bamboo Tyrant (Hemitriccus obsoletus) [XC337430]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Itatiaia National Park - Agulhas Negras road, Brazil (call, song, wing noise)

Subspecies
Formerly considered conspecific with Drab-breasted Bamboo-tyrant (Hemitriccus diops). Subspecies zimmeri initially named as naumburgae, but that name preoccupied when genus was enlarged.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

obsoletus (Ribeiro, 1906) - South-eastern Brazil, in western Rio de Janeiro (Serra do Itatiaia) and eastern S�o Paulo (Serra Bocaina and Serra Bananal).
zimmeri Traylor, 1979 - South-eastern Brazil, in Paran� and Rio Grande do Sul, and extreme north-eastern Argentina (Iguaz� National Park).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Brown-breasted Bamboo-tyrant (Hemitriccus obsoletus) - 10 files

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