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Painted Tody-Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by max1
central Guyana, February 2012
Todirostrum pictum

Identification

9–10·2 cm (3½-4 in)

  • Shiny black head
  • White supra-loral spot
  • White submoustachial stripe
  • Yellow neckband
  • Olive back and rump
  • Black wings

Distribution

South America: found from southern Venezuela to the Guianas and northern Brazil (east of Rio Negro).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

They can be found in the canopy of tall forests and forest borders. Also mountain edge savanna.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of flies as well as other arthropods.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2015)

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