Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Poecilotriccus (8 species, 12 worldwide)


White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher
White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus albifacies)
Tambopata, Peru  
   
Photograph by Vivek Tiwari   © All Rights Reserved.

Associated with bamboo.

Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher
Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus calopterus)
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in dense secondary growth that hasn't grown more than two meters.


Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher
Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus capitalis) Male
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher
Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus capitalis) Female
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in dense and tall secondary growth. Female different with chestnut cap and olive backside.
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Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher
Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus latirostris)
Puerto NariƱo, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Commonly heard in its range calling from dense brush, as do most Tody-Flycatchers.

Lulu's Tody-Flycatcher
Lulu's Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus luluae) Endangered ENDEMIC
Abra Patricia, Peru  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.

Very similar visually and vocally to Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher.

Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher
Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps)
ntervales State Park, Ribeirao Grande, Sao Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Carlos Henrique Luz Nunes de Almeida     Copyright and usage info


Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher
Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus pulchellus) ENDEMIC
Manu National Park, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher
Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps melanomystax)
Juntas, Ibague, Tolima, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

An Andean species found from 2000-3000m, usually one to two meters above the ground, with a distinctive easily recognizable sound.


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