About the Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher
The smoky-fronted tody-flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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The smoky-fronted tody-flycatcher is about 9 cm (3.5 in) long and weighs 6 to 7.2 g (0.21 to 0.25 oz). The sexes and the two subspecies have the same plumage. Adults have a smoky-gray forehead ("front") and an olive crown. Their face is mostly olive with dull buffish white above the lores and around the eye. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are olive. Their wings are blackish with yellowish edges on the flight feathers and buff-yellowish tips on the coverts; the latter show as two wing bars. Their tail is blackish. Voice: The smoky-fronted tody-flycatcher's song is an "lmost toneless low rattling 'kerrr' trill" that is repeated a few times when agitated. It is "usually preceded by one to several 'tic' notes".
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Where the Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher lives
When to see the Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher
Peak activity in January · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Lulu's Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus luluaeLulu's tody-flycatcher is about 9.5 cm (3.7 in) long and weighs about 7.3 g (0.26 oz).
White-cheeked Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus albifaciesThe white-cheeked tody-flycatcher is about 9.5 cm (3.7 in) long and weighs about 8 g (0.28 oz).
Black-and-white Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus capitalisThe black-and-white tody-flycatcher is about 9 to 9.5 cm (3.5 to 3.7 in) long and weighs 5.6 to 8 g (0.20 to 0.28 oz).
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