Species profile

Acre Tody-tyrant

Hemitriccus cohnhafti

Quick answer

Endemic; bamboo forest specialist; Near Threatened. Recently described species for which few natural history data are available (Zimmer et al. 2013, Melo et al. 2015). One was recorded in a bamboo patch at HFR on 19 November 2018, by R. Plácido (WA 2376966) (Fig. 3 C). The record extends the species’ known range 95 km north of the nearest previously known locality, on the Transacreana highway in Acre (Melo et al. 2015).

Scientific name
Hemitriccus cohnhafti
Family
Tyrannidae
Order
Passeriformes
Genus
Hemitriccus
Conservation status
Near Threatened

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