- Todirostrum maculatum
Identification
8·9–10·2 cm (3½-4 in)
- Grey head with some black and white streaking on crown
- White supraloral spot
- Olive upperparts
- Brownish-black wings with yellow edging
- White throat
- Yellow underparts
- Black streaks on throat, breast and flanks
- Orange-yellow eyes
- Long flat bill
Distribution
South America: found in Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.
Taxonomy
Five subspecies are recognized[1]:
- T. m. signatum:
- T. m. amacurense:
- T. m. maculatum:
- French Guiana to Suriname and north-eastern Amazonian Brazil
- T. m. diversum:
- Central Amazonian Brazil
- T. m. annectens:
- North-central Brazil (Rio Branco to Rio Negro)
Habitat
Nearly always found in wet areas in second growth and shrubby thickets.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of spiders, flies, termites and butterflies. They usually feed in pairs.
Breeding
Both adults construct their untidy elongated nest.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Spotted Tody-Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spotted_Tody-Flycatcher
