[order] Passeriformes | [family] Tyrannidae | [latin] Todirostrum cinereum | [UK] Common Tody-Flycatcher | [FR] Todirostre familier | [DE] Graugelb-Todityrann | [ES] Titiriji Comun | [IT] Becco di todo cinereo | [NL] Geelbuik-schoffelsnavel
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Breeding Range | Breeding Range 2 | Non Breeding Range |
| Todirostrum | cinereum | LA | s Mexico to ne Argentina | ||
| Todirostrum | cinereum | cearae | |||
| Todirostrum | cinereum | cinereum | |||
| Todirostrum | cinereum | coloreum | |||
| Todirostrum | cinereum | finitimum | |||
| Todirostrum | cinereum | peruanum | |||
| Todirostrum | cinereum | sclateri | |||
| Todirostrum | cinereum | virididorsale | |||
| Todirostrum | cinereum | wetmorei |
Physical charateristics
It breeds from southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, eastern Bolivia and southern Brazil.
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| wingspan min.: | 0 | cm | wingspan max.: | 0 | cm |
| size min.: | 10 | cm | size max.: | 11 | cm |
| incubation min.: | 15 | days | incubation max.: | 16 | days |
| fledging min.: | 16 | days | fledging max.: | 17 | days |
| broods: | 1 | eggs min.: | 1 | ||
| eggs max.: | 3 |
Range
It breeds from southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, eastern Bolivia and southern Brazil.
Habitat
It is a very common inhabitant in gardens, shady plantations, second growth and the edges and clearings of forest, although it avoids the dense interior of mature woodland and also arid areas.
Reproduction
It breeds from sea level to 1150 m altitude, locally 1500 m. Both male and female build a pouch nest with a visored side entrance, which is suspended from a thin branch or vine 1-5 m high in a tree, occasionally up to 30 m. The female incubates the two usually unspotted white eggs for 15-16 days to hatching.
Feeding habits
The Common Tody-Flycatcher is usually seen in pairs, making rapid dashing sallies or hovering to pick small arthropods off the vegetation[1]. It often wags its tail as it moves sideways along branches.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 8,100,000 km². The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as ‘common’ in at least parts of its range (Stotz et al. 1996). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Migration
Sedentary throughout range.
Distribution map
Literature
Title The duration of parental care in the Common Tody Flycatcher
Author(s): F. HAVERSCHMIDT
Abstract: The nesting habits of the Common Tody Flycatcher (..[more]..
Source: Auk: Vol. 95, No. 1
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