Birds of the World

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


White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher
White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus albifacies)
Range: SA: se Peru, nw Bolivia and extreme w Brazil
Tambopata, Peru  
   
Photograph by Vivek Tiwari   © All Rights Reserved.

Associated with bamboo.

Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher
Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus calopterus)
Range: SA: w Amazonia
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
Range: SA: w, sw Amazonia
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
Range: SA: w, sw Amazonia
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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Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher
Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus fumifrons fumifrons)
Range: SA: e Amazonia and e Brazil
Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher
Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus latirostris)
Range: SA: w, c Amazonia and c Brazil
Puerto Nariño, 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
Range: SA: n Peru
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)
Range: SA: Peru to n Argentina
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)
Range: SA: se Peru
Manu National Park, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher
Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps melanomystax)
Range: SA: Venezuela to n Peru
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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Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus russatus)
Range: SA: tepuis
   



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Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus senex)
Range: SA: nc Brazil
   



Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus sylvia)
Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to ne Brazil
San Jeronimo, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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