Brown-breasted Bamboo Tyrant

Hemitriccus obsoletus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1905)

Brown-breasted Bamboo Tyrant Hemitriccus obsoletus is a bird of southeastern Brazil and north-eastern Argentina, breeding in south-east and south Brazil and Misiones Province. It belongs to the tyrant flycatcher family and was described by Miranda-Ribeiro in 1905. It is closely tied to bamboo, living in humid primary forest and mature secondary forest, especially in bamboo stands. The sexes are alike. The species is a year-round resident and feeds on insects, usually alone or in pairs, taking prey from undergrowth by short upward strikes from a perch. Its nest is a domed structure with a side entrance.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Breeding range

South America: se, s Brazil, ne Argentina