White-eyed Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus zosterops)

Identification & Behavior: ~11 cm (4.3 in). The White-eyed Tody-Tyrant is mostly olive-green above. The wing coverts are blackish edged with yellowish forming two thin wing bars. The throat, breast, and center of the belly are yellowish faintly streaked with gray. The iris is pale. The bill is black with orange on the base of the lower mandible. It forages in the understory and midstory of interior forest. It is very similar to the White-bellied Tody-Tyrant, but their ranges are separated by the Amazon, Marañon, and Ucayali Rivers.

Status: The White-eyed Tody-Tyrant ranges on the north/west side of the Amazon, Marañon, and Ucayali Rivers. It is known to range to elevations of up to 1350 m along the east slope of the Andes. The White-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant also occurs in Co, Ec, and Br.

Name in Spanish: Tirano-Todi de Ojo Blanco.

Sub-species: White-eyed Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus zosterops zosterops), (Pelzeln), 1868.  SE Colombia (Caquetá, Vaupés), E Ecuador and NE Peru (Loreto) through S Venezuela (S Amazonas) and much of Brazil N of Amazon (Amazonas, NW Pará, Amapá) to E Surinam and French Guiana.
(Hemitriccus zosterops flaviviridis), (J. T. Zimmer), 1940.  N Peru (C Amazonas, N San Martín).

Meaning of Name: Hemitriccus: Gr. hemi, hemisus= small, half and trikkos= unidentified small bird. zosterops: Gr. zoster, zosteros= belt, girdle and ops, opos= eye.

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