Double-banded pygmy tyrant

Double-banded pygmy tyrant
	Double-banded pygmy-tyrant at Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas state, Brazil
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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)

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

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lophotriccus vitiosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22699559A93737365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699559A93737365.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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[iucn_status_13_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2016). "Lophotriccus vitiosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22699559A93737365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699559A93737365.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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