Birds of Costa Rica - Todirostrum


Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum) ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia Note white eye. Small and fast, and often seen near a hanging nest.
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At long hanging nest.


Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum nigriceps) Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia
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Note dark eye, white throat, and especially yellow back vs. the Common Tody-Flycatcher. Tends to stay in the canopy with a single-note song/call.
From front.

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