About the Painted Tody-Flycatcher
The painted tody-flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly Colombia.
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The painted tody-flycatcher is 9 to 10.2 cm (3.5 to 4.0 in) long and weighs 6 to 8 g (0.21 to 0.28 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults have a mostly black head with a white spot above the lores and a long white "moustache". A narrow yellow band separates their nape from their olive back, rump, and uppertail coverts. Their wings are black with yellow edges on the flight feathers and the edges and tips of the coverts; the last show as two wing bars. Their tail is black with olive outer edges on the feathers. Their throat is whitish with black streaks. Voice: The painted tody-flycatcher's vocalizations are "piercing and surprisingly loud for so small a bird". Its song is a series of "8-12 bright, emphatic peek! notes" that sometimes accelerate when the bird is excited. Its call is "a double-sounding chevik". Another author describes the species' vocalization as "sequences of irregularly spaced, extr. high 'tsit' notes".
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Where the Painted Tody-Flycatcher lives
When to see the Painted Tody-Flycatcher
Peak activity in July · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Yellow-browed Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum chrysocrotaphumThe yellow-browed tody-flycatcher is 8.6 to 10 cm (3.4 to 3.9 in) long and weighs about 7 g (0.25 oz).
Spotted Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum maculatumThe spotted tody-flycatcher is 8.9 to 10.2 cm (3.5 to 4.0 in) long and weighs 6.4 to 8.3 g (0.23 to 0.29 oz).
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