Hemitriccus

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.

Hemitriccus
Black-throated tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus granadensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Hemitriccus Cabanis & Heine, 1860
Type species
Muscicapa diops[1] Temminck, 1822
Species
see text

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.^[2][3] 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.^[4]

Species

The genus contains the following 22 species:^[5]

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/estern 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)