Genus Todirostrum

 

Yellow-browed Tody Flycatcher - The range of the Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher is mainly in the southern Amazon Basin, and in the east limited by the Amazon River; in the southeast, its range extends eastward including Ilha de Marajo and the last downstream region of only the Tocantins River, of the Araguaia-Tocantins River system. This southeast extension of the range ends in central- Maranhão state, in the Baia de Sao Marcos region at the Atlantic Ocean.

 

Common Tody-Flycatcher - The Common Tody-Flycatcher is a tiny, big-headed bird, 9.5-10.2 cm long, weighing 6.5-6.8 g, and with a long, straight black bill. The upper head is black, shading to dark grey on the nape and dark olive-green on the rest of the upperparts. The usually cocked tail is black with white tips, and the wings are blackish with two yellow wing bars and yellow edging to the feathers. The underparts are entirely yellow. Sexes are similar, but young birds have a greyer upper head, buff wing markings, and paler underparts.

 

Spotted Tody-Flycatcher - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

 

Painted Tody Flycatcher - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

 

Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher - It is an insectivorous bird, feeding on small arthropods.

 

Short-tailed Tody-Flycatcher - It is threatened by habitat loss.

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Tyrannidae
Genus : Todirostrum