Todirostrum
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Todirostrum is a bird
genus
in the family
Tyrannidae. They and the members of the genus Poecilotriccus
are generally known as tody-flycatchers. It includes the following species:
Several others are now placed in Poecilotriccus.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
genus
Genus
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in the family
Family (biology)
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Tyrannidae. They and the members of the genus Poecilotriccus
Poecilotriccus
Poecilotriccus is a genus of small birds in the Tyrannidae family. Except for the recently described Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher, all have, at one point or another, been included in the genus Todirostrum. Some species have been known as tody-tyrants instead of tody-flycatchers...
are generally known as tody-flycatchers. It includes the following species:
- Spotted Tody-FlycatcherSpotted Tody-flycatcherThe Spotted Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, and is mostly a species of the Amazon Basin countries and Guianan...
, Todirostrum maculatum - Yellow-lored Tody-FlycatcherYellow-lored Tody-flycatcherThe Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is endemic to Brazil, occurring from Southern Bahia southwards to Santa Catarina...
or Grey-headed Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum poliocephalum - Short-tailed Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum viridanum
- Black-headed Tody-FlycatcherBlack-headed Tody-flycatcherThe Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
, Todirostrum nigriceps - Painted Tody-FlycatcherPainted Tody-flycatcherThe Painted Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in the Guianas of French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname; also eastern-southeastern Venezuela and the northeastern states of Brazil of the Amazon Basin.-Overview:Its natural habitats are...
, Todirostrum pictum - Common Tody-FlycatcherCommon Tody-FlycatcherThe Common Tody-Flycatcher or Black-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum, is a very small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, eastern Bolivia and southern Brazil....
or Black-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum - Yellow-browed Tody-FlycatcherYellow-browed Tody-flycatcherThe Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers....
, Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum
Several others are now placed in Poecilotriccus.