Zimmer's tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus minimus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.
Zimmer's tody-tyrant | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Hemitriccus |
Species: | H. minimus
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Binomial name | |
Hemitriccus minimus (Todd, 1925)
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Synonyms | |
Hemitriccus aenigma (Zimmer, 1940) |
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
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Hemitriccus minimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22698893A110727918. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22698893A110727918.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 378.