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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.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1535PH) Adult ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1536PH) Adult dorsal, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu July 2008).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1537PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Fredy Ramírez October 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE1538PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE1539PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1538PH) upperwing (Paul Smith February 2007).
VIDEO - (FPAVE1540VI) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2010).
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Hemitriccus diops
1 (FPAVE1541RE) Call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
2 (FPAVE1542RE) Call recorded Santa Ines, PN San Rafael, Departamento Itapúa (Myriam Velázquez June 2001).
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