Hangnest Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus nidipendulus

Hangnest Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus nidipendulus

Brazilian name: tachuri-campainha

Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil
October 2008

The Hangnest Tody-Tyrant is distributed in eastern Brazil from northern Bahia to São Paulo.

It is a Brazilian endemic and is found in Atlantic Rain Forest and secondary woodland. This bird in Boa Nova was in the dry forest mata de cipó .

One of its main features is its lack of features. It is olive-green above and whitish below and has a white iris.

This bird gave a short display involving a cocked tail and rapid opening and closing of the wings as shown in photos 3 and 4.

There seems to be little that is exceptional about its nest as most if not all Hemitriccus seem to build hanging domed nests.

There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto and additional information on Avibase .

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