- White-eyed Tody-tyrant
Taxobox
name = White-eyed Tody-tyrant
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Tyrannidae
genus = "Hemitriccus "
species = "H. zosterops"
binomial = "Hemitriccus zosterops"
binomial_authority = (Pelzeln, 1868)
synonyms = The White-eyed Tody-tyrant ("Hemitriccus zosterops") is a species ofbird in theTyrannidae family, thetyrant flycatcher s.It is found in the northern Amazon Basin of
Brazil and theGuianas ofFrench Guiana ,Suriname , and southeastGuyana ; also AmazonianColombia ,Venezuela ,Ecuador andPeru .It is a small short-tailed bird, medium grayish and olive-greenish with fleckings of deep black and white on its wings. It has a short sharp stout black bill, and is named for its narrow white eye-ring and its white eyes.
Its natural
habitat s are subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforest s and subtropical or tropical dryshrubland . In theAmazon Basin it is only found north of theAmazon River ; in Venezuela it is in the headwaters of theOrinoco River in the south.ource
* BirdLife International 2006. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/49771/all Hemitriccus zosterops] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
External links
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Scientific&KEYWORDS=hemitriccus+zosterops&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 "White-eyed Tody-Tyrant" photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Hemitriccus+zosterops Photo-High Res--(Close-up)]
* [http://www.oiseaux.net/photos/marc.chretien/white-eyed.tody-tyrant.1.html#monde Photo and Article] oiseaux
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