- Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps
Todirostrum plumbeiceps
Identification
9 - 9.5 cm
- Buffish-cinnamon forehead and side of head, dusky auriculars
- Grey crown
- Dark olive rest of upperparts
- Dusky wings with two ochraceous wingbars, ochraceous-edged flight-feathers
- Greyish-white underparts
- viridiceps with olive tinge on crown and more grey on breast
- obscurum like viridiceps but darker
- cinereipectus with more extensive grey on breast
Sexes similar.
Distribution
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
A fairly common species.
Taxonomy
Four subspecies recognized:
- P. p. obscurus on the eastern slope of Andes of southeast Peru (Puno) to north Bolivia
- P. p. viridiceps from south Bolivia to northwest Argentina (Jujuy and Salta)
- P. p. plumbeiceps in southeast Brazil (São Paulo) to east Paraguay and northeast Argentina
- P. p. cinereipectus in southeast Brazil (Espírito Santo and se Minas Gerais); Alagoas
Forms a superspecies with Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher.
Formerly placed in the genus Todirostrum.
Habitat
Forests and montanes with dense vine tangles, bamboo or bracken thickets. Also in dense undergrowth of second growth.
Occurs at 750 to 2750m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on insects.
Usually seen foraging in pairs or alone, rarely in mixed flockes. Makes short sallies to catch its prey close to the ground.
Breeding
Nests recorded in Argentina in November, in Paraguay in January, juveniles seen in March. The nest is an untidy pear-shaped structure with a side entrance. It's made of dry fibres and suspendend from the tip of a branch in a shaded space, 1.4 to 2m above the ground. Lays 2 to 3 eggs. Brood parasitism by Pavonine Cuckoo observed.
Movements
Probably a sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ochre-faced_Tody-Flycatcher
