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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Kaempfer's tody-tyrant
| image = Hemitriccus kaempferi - Kaempfer's tody-tyrant.JPG
| image_caption = at [[Joinville]], [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]] state, [[Brazil]]
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=''Hemitriccus kaempferi'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T22698957A118775733 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22698957A118775733.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Hemitriccus
| species = kaempferi
| authority = ([[John Todd Zimmer|Zimmer]], 1953)
| synonyms =
| range_map = Hemitriccus kaempferi map.svg
}}
'''Kaempfer's tody-tyrant''' ('''''Hemitriccus kaempferi''''') is a rare species of [[bird]] in the family [[Tyrannidae]]. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Atlantic forest]] in southeastern [[Brazil]]. It was known only from two specimens until the 1990s, when it was finally observed in life. It is protected under Brazilian law<ref name=barnett>Barnett, J. M., et al. (2000). [http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FBCI%2FBCI10_04%2FS0959270900000320a.pdf&code=ecb3492c57c22cbd5e74d9e8bd98cb77 Rediscovery and subsequent observations of Kaempfer’s Tody-tyrant ''Hemitriccus kaempferi'' in Santa Catarina, Brazil, with notes on conservation, life history and plumage.] ''Bird Conservation International'' 10 371-79.</ref> and it is on the [[United States]]' Endangered Species List.<ref name=fws>USFWS. [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-12-28/pdf/2010-32628.pdf#page=1 Listing seven Brazilian bird species as endangered throughout their range; Final rule.] ''Federal Register'' December 28, 2010.</ref>
Kaempfer's tody-tyrant is {{Convert|10|cm|in}} long and [[olive green]] in color. The eyes are encircled with pale rings.<ref name=fws/>
Specimens of this bird were collected in 1929 and 1950. It was not seen again until 1991.<ref name=barnett/>
The bird lives in forested habitat, often near rivers.<ref name=fws/> Pairs often forage together. They build nests several meters up in trees, constructing them with mosses, grasses, and dead leaves. The call is a series of "kwit" notes.<ref name=barnett/>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=4078&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
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[[Category:Hemitriccus]]
[[Category:Birds of the Atlantic Forest]]
[[Category:Endemic birds of Brazil]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1953]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John T. Zimmer]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
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