Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher

Subspecies schistaceiceps
Photo by Raul Padilla
Tapijulapa, Tabasco, Mexico, December 2015

Poecilotriccus sylvia

Identification

9–10 cm (3-½-4 in)

• Grey crown and nape
• White eye-rings
• White supra-supraloral line (broken by grey lores)

Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 5 subspecies^[1]:

• P. s. schistaceiceps:

• Gulf slope of southern Mexico (Veracruz) to Panama (Canal Zone)

• P. s. superciliaris:

• Tropical northern Colombia (Cauca and Magdalena valleys)

• P. s. griseolus:

• Extreme eastern Colombia to north-western Venezuela (east to northern Bolívar)

• P. s. sylvia:

• Guianas and northern Brazil (along Rio Branco)

• P. s. schulzi:

• North-eastern Brazil (south-eastern Pará to northern Piauí)

Habitat

Evergreen forests; dense thickets at forest edges and shrubby, overgrown road sides.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of ants, wasps, bugs and leafhoppers; as well as some fruit.

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. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Slate-headed_Tody-Flycatcher

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