Hemitriccus

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Tody-tyrants
Hemitriccus granadensis
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Hemitriccus

Cabanis & Heine, 1859
Species

21-22, see text

Hemitriccus is a genus of small South American birds in the 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.

It contains the following species: