Cinnamon-breasted Tody-tyrant
Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus
The cinnamon-breasted tody-tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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Taxonomy & Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Hemitriccus
Cinnamon-breasted Tody-tyrant belongs to the family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes, within the Aves class.
Species Profile
The cinnamon-breasted tody-tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
The Cinnamon-breasted Tody-tyrant faces severe population decline primarily due to extensive deforestation and habitat fragmentation in Peru's cloud forests. Agricultural expansion, logging, and infrastructure development have dramatically reduced the species' already limited montane forest habitat, leaving only small, isolated forest patches that cannot sustain viable populations.
Key Facts
Habitat & Distribution
The cinnamon-breasted tody-tyrant's overall range spans only about north to south but it is not found continuously within it. The species is known only from two locations in southeastern Ecuador and three in Peru, all of them on the eastern slope of the Andes. It occurs in Ecuador's Morona-Santiago Province, on the Cordillera del Cóndor in both Ecuador and Peru, and in the Cordillera Colán and...
Threats
IUCN Red List: Endangered
The Cinnamon-breasted Tody-tyrant faces severe population decline primarily due to extensive deforestation and habitat fragmentation in Peru's cloud forests. Agricultural expansion, logging, and infrastructure development have dramatically reduced the species' already limited montane forest habitat, leaving only small, isolated forest patches that cannot sustain viable populations.
Agricultural expansion
Deforestation and habitat loss
Habitat fragmentation
Infrastructure development
Logging activities
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Sources & Attribution
How to Cite
IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS
GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org
This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Cinnamon-breasted Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/cinnamon-breasted-tody-tyrant