Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Buff-throated Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus rufigularis) - HBW 9, p. 328

French: Todirostre à gorge fauve German: Graukappen-Todityrann Spanish: Titirijí Gorgirrufo

Taxonomy: Euscarthmus rufigularis Cabanis, 1873, Monterico, Peru.
Formerly treated in genus Euscarthmornis and later in Idioptilon, both now defunct. Possibly allied to other brown-headed congeners, i.e. H. granadensis, H. mirandae, H. cinnamomeipectus, H. kaempferi and H. furcatus. Monotypic.

Distribution: Disjunctly along foothill ridges of E Andes in Ecuador (W Napo, Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru (Loreto, San Martín, and from Huánuco S to N Puno) and N Bolivia (La Paz, extreme SW Beni, W Santa Cruz).