Biology:Double-banded pygmy tyrant

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Short description: Species of bird

Double-banded pygmy tyrant
Lophotriccus vitiosus - Double-banded pygmy-tyrant.jpg
Double-banded pygmy-tyrant at Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas state, Brazil
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Lophotriccus
Species:
L. vitiosus
Binomial name
Lophotriccus vitiosus
(Bangs & Penard, TE, 1921)
Lophotriccus vitiosus map.svg

The double-banded pygmy tyrant (Lophotriccus vitiosus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Brazil , Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical swampland.

Diet and hunting

Its appetite consists mainly of insects, and it known as a fly-catching bird. The double-banded pygmy tyrant perches inconspicuously in the canopy (biology) of its rain forest habitat.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q282543 entry