Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Zimmer's Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus minimus) - HBW 9, p. 324

French: Todirostre de Zimmer German: Zwergtodityrann Spanish: Titirijí de Zimmer

Taxonomy: Snethlagea minima Todd, 1925, Itaituba, River Tapajós, Brazil.
Thought to form a superspecies with H. inornatus on basis of complementary distributions and similarities in habitat and voice. Was for long regarded as a weakly defined race of H. minor; recent study of original series of specimens, however, revealed existence of two separate species, also that described taxon H. aenigma is identical to holotype of present species, with which therefore synonymized. Monotypic.

Distribution: Scattered Amazonian localities in SE Ecuador (Kapawi), NE Peru (near Iquitos), Brazil (NW Acre and Amazonas E to Manaus and S Pará), and NE Bolivia (W of Versalles, in Beni; Serranía de Huanchaca, in Santa Cruz); suspected to occur widely across Amazonia where appropriate habitat exists.