Hemitriccus
| Tody-tyrants | |
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| Hemitriccus granadensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Hemitriccus Cabanis & Heine, 1859 |
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Hemitriccus is a genus of small South American birds in the Tyrannidae family. 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.
It contains the following species:
- Snethlage's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus minor
- Boat-billed tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus josephinae
- Flammulated bamboo tyrant, Hemitriccus flammulatus
- Drab-breasted bamboo tyrant, Hemitriccus diops
- Brown-breasted bamboo tyrant, Hemitriccus obsoletus
- White-eyed tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus zosterops
- Zimmer's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus minimus
- Eye-ringed tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus orbitatus
- Johannes's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus iohannis
- Stripe-necked tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus striaticollis
- Hangnest tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus nidipendulus
- Yungas tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus spodiops
- Pearly-vented tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
- Pelzeln's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus inornatus
- Black-throated tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus granadensis
- Buff-throated tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus rufigularis
- Cinnamon-breasted tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus
- Buff-breasted tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus mirandae
- Kaempfer's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus kaempferi
- Fork-tailed tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus furcatus
- White-bellied tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus griseipectus
- Acre tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus cohnhafti
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