Kaempfer's Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus kaempferi)
About the Kaempfer's Tody-Tyrant
Kaempfer's tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus kaempferi) is a rare species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is native to the Serra do Mar coastal forests. Kaempfer's tody-tyrant was originally described in 1953 as Idioptilon mirandae kaempferi, a subspecies of the buff-breasted tody-tyrant (now Hemitriccus mirandae). Following a study published in 1976 it was elevated to species rank. At about that same time genus Idioptilon was merged into Hemitriccus. Kaempfer's tody-tyrant is monotypic. Kaempfer's tody-tyrant was long known only from two specimens, the type specimen collected in 1929 and another in 1950; the second was only later correctly identified. It was not seen again until 1991 and then intermittently after that.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 16 recordings for this species: 9 CC BY-NC-SA · 7 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-throated Tody-TyrantHemitriccus granadensisrecording
- Boat-billed Tody-TyrantHemitriccus josephinaerecording
- Buff-throated Tody-TyrantHemitriccus rufigularisrecording
- Cinnamon-breasted Tody-TyrantHemitriccus cinnamomeipectusrecording
- Pearly-vented Tody-TyrantHemitriccus margaritaceiventerrecording
- White-eyed Tody-TyrantHemitriccus zosteropsrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.