Zimmer's tody-tyrant

Zimmer's tody-tyrant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Hemitriccus
Species: H. minimus
Binomial name
Hemitriccus minimus
(Zimmer, 1940)
Synonyms

Hemitriccus aenigma (Zimmer, 1940)

Zimmer's tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus minimus) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Its name commemorates American ornithologist John Todd Zimmer.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Hemitriccus minimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 378.


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