Birds of the World - Todirostrum


Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum guttatum) Range: SA: s, w Amazonia Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia
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Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum) Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to ne Argentina 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.


Spotted Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum maculatum signatum) Range: SA: Amazonia Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia
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Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum nigriceps) Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to n Venezuela and Ecuador 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.


Painted Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum pictum) Range: SA: ne Amazonia Manaus, Brazil
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A tiny canopy species.


Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum poliocephalum) Range: SA: se Brazil REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil
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Similar to the Common Tody-Flycatcher, but note yellow lore and vocal differences.


Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum viridanum) Range: SA: nw Venezuela Coro, Falcón State, Venezuela
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