Common Tody Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)

Common Tody-Flycatcher

[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

GenusSpeciessubspeciesBreeding RangeBreeding Range 2Non Breeding Range
TodirostrumcinereumLAs Mexico to ne Argentina
Todirostrumcinereumcearae
Todirostrumcinereumcinereum
Todirostrumcinereumcoloreum
Todirostrumcinereumfinitimum
Todirostrumcinereumperuanum
Todirostrumcinereumsclateri
Todirostrumcinereumvirididorsale
Todirostrumcinereumwetmorei

Physical charateristics

It breeds from southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, eastern Bolivia and southern Brazil.

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wingspan min.:0cmwingspan max.:0cm
size min.:10cmsize max.:11cm
incubation min.:15daysincubation max.:16days
fledging min.:16daysfledging max.:17days
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.
Common Tody-Flycatcher status Least Concern

Migration

Sedentary throughout range.

Distribution map

Common Tody-Flycatcher range 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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Updated: May 8, 2011 — 1:00 am

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