Kaempfer's Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus kaempferi)

Tijucas, SC, Brazil.

 

Known locally as "maria-catarinense".

 

Specimens of this bird were collected in 1929 and 1950. It was not seen again until 1991.

 

It's endemic to the Atlantic forest in southeastern Brazil.

 

It's 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long and lives in forested habitat, often near rivers.

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Suborder: Tyranni

Family: Tyrannidae

Subfamily: Elaeniinae

Tribe: Platyrinchini

Genus: Hemitriccus Cabanis & Heine, 1859

Species: H. kaempferi (Zimmer, 1953)

Binomial name: Hemitriccus kaempferi

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