Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant

Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant

Hemitriccus minor

Silhouette: Emily Willoughby · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Anavilhanas National Park

In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%

171 Verified sightings at Anavilhanas National Park From 2019 to 2026
171 In 1 park
September Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant

Snethlage's tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus minor) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, and possibly Peru. Snethlage's tody-tyrant was originally described as a subspecies, Euscarthmus zosterops minor, of what is now the white-eyed tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus zosterops). It was later accepted as a full species. For a time in the mid-twentieth century several authors placed it in genus Snethlagea, which was later merged into Hemitriccus.

One of them, the Clements taxonomy, in addition lists "Hemitriccus minor [undescribed form]" as potentially a new subspecies from within one of the others. Snethlage's tody-tyrant is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and weighs 7 to 7.9 g (0.25 to 0.28 oz). The sexes have similar... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:12

Brazil · 2025

© Joost van Bruggen · XC1050600 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:08

Brazil · 2025

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1045230 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Canto0:49

Brazil · 2014

© Caio Brito · XC427462 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant in Anavilhanas National Park?

Likely

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant sighting in Anavilhanas National Park on a given day, based on 171 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th most-seen of the 291 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant in Anavilhanas National Park?

May–June and September

In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant in Anavilhanas National Park on a given day, against about 20% in October to December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant?

Between 1 and 4 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Where else can you see a Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant?

Only Anavilhanas National Park, in our data

Anavilhanas National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant is recorded against all the birds logged in Anavilhanas National Park (171 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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