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Flammulated Bamboo Tyrant
Hemitriccus flammulatus Berlepsch, 1901
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Flammulated Pygmy-Tyrant; Ramal do Noca, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
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Open encyclopedia reference
The flammulated bamboo tyrant (Hemitriccus flammulatus), also called flammulated pygmy-tyrant, is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru.
Wikipedia contributors, Flammulated bamboo tyrant; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:11:30.665346+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hemitriccus flammulatus Berlepsch, 1901
- Name authority
- Berlepsch, 1901
- Common name
- Flammulated Bamboo Tyrant
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Hemitriccus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTyrannidae
- genusHemitriccus Cabanis & Heine, 1860
- speciesHemitriccus flammulatus Berlepsch, 1901
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hemitriccus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Fork-tailed Tody-TyrantHemitriccus furcatus (Lafresnaye, 1846) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated Tody-TyrantHemitriccus granadensis (Hartlaub, 1843) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied Tody-TyrantHemitriccus griseipectus (E. Snethlage, 1907) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Johannes's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus iohannis (E. Snethlage, 1907) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Snethlage's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus minor (E. Snethlage, 1907) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-breasted Tody-TyrantHemitriccus mirandae (E. Snethlage, 1925) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-breasted Bamboo TyrantHemitriccus obsoletus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1905) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-throated Tody-TyrantHemitriccus rufigularis (Cabanis, 1873) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yungas Tody-TyrantHemitriccus spodiops (Berlepsch, 1901) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnamon-breasted Tody-TyrantHemitriccus cinnamomeipectus Fitzpatrick & O'Neill, 1979 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Drab-breasted Bamboo TyrantHemitriccus diops (Temminck, 1822) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boat-billed Tody-TyrantHemitriccus josephinae (C. Chubb, 1914) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=560386 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3KTM6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.