Flammulated Bamboo-tyrant

Flammulated Bamboo-tyrant

Taxobox
name = Flammulated Bamboo-tyrant


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Tyrannidae
genus = "Hemitriccus"
species = "H. flammulatus"
binomial = "Hemitriccus flammulatus"
binomial_authority = Berlepsch, 1901
synonyms = The Flammulated Bamboo-tyrant ("Hemitriccus flammulatus"), also called Flammulated Pygmy-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Amazonian Peru and Bolivia, and the bordering states of Brazil's northwest, the North Region.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

This tyrant is a small brown bird, with darker brown wings and a short tail; it has a whitish breast, black legs and eyes, and a short, sharp-pointed bill, for hawking insects in flight.

Distribution

Range: Amazonian Peru and Bolivia

The Flammulated Bamboo-tyrant is found in the headwater areas of the Amazon Basin in southeastern Peru and northern Bolivia; also neighboring Brazilian states in the border regions, of Acre, Rondônia, and Mato Grosso.

It is found in the upstream half of the Ucayali River in Peru; in Bolivia it ranges from the Guapore river with Brazil, and to the northwest all the tributaries to the northeast flowing Amazon Basin Madeira River.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/49768/all Hemitriccus flammulatus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.

External links

* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Scientific&KEYWORDS=hemitriccus+flammulatus&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Flammulated Bamboo-tyrant photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Hemitriccus+flammulatus Photo-High Res]


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