Designed by Paul Smith 2006. This website is copyrighted by law.
Material contained herewith may not be used without the prior written permission of FAUNA Paraguay.
Material on this page was provided by Paul Smith, Fredy Ramirez and Sylvia Qu and is used with their permission.
DRAB-BREASTED BAMBOO-TYRANT Hemitriccus diops ATLANTIC FOREST
A little ball of green fluff bouncing through an equally green, tangled backdrop of Chusquea bamboo - sounds like you´ve just seen your first Drab-breasted Bamboo-Tyrant! Though he may not be much to look at, this tiny flycatcher is perfectly adapted to a life in the dense undergrowth of the Atlantic forest.
Click on the images to enlarge them.
FIGURE 1 - Adult ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 2 - Adult dorsal, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu July 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3 - Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Fredy Ramírez October 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 4 - Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 5 - Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith February - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 1

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 2

FIGURE 2
FIGURE 3

FIGURE 3
FIGURE 4

FIGURE 4
FIGURE 5

FIGURE 5
Hemitriccus diops call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.