Common Tody-flycatcher
A species of Todirostrum Tody-flycatchers Scientific name : Todirostrum cinereum Genus : Todirostrum Tody-flycatchers
Common Tody-flycatcher, A species of Todirostrum Tody-flycatchers
Botanical name: Todirostrum cinereum
Genus: Todirostrum Tody-flycatchers
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Description General Info
Description
The common tody-flycatcher is a tiny, big-headed bird, 9.5–10.2 cm (3.7–4.0 in) long, weighing 6.5–6.8 g (0.23–0.24 oz), and with a long, flattened, straight black bill. The upper head is black, shading to dark grey on the nape and dark olive-green on the rest of the upperparts. The usually cocked tail is black with white tips, and the wings are blackish with two yellow wing bars and yellow edging to the feathers. The underparts are entirely yellow. Sexes are similar, but young birds have a greyer upper head, buff wing markings, and paler underparts. Males of this species have a rapid grasshopper-like ticking te’e’e’e’e’e’t call something like a tropical kingbird, and a dawn song consisting of a very fast high tic repeated up to 110 times a minute for minutes on end. 
Size
11 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Common Tody-flycatcher's diet consists of arthropods, including ants, parasitoid wasps, spiders, and various insects like lepidopterans and beetles. It forages actively, often hunting by sallying from perches to snatch prey mid-air or from foliage, showcasing a specialized and varied predatory repertoire.
Habitat
The common Tody-flycatcher inhabits a variety of open and semi-open landscapes across broad geographical regions, typically avoiding densely forested areas. Its habitats include the edges of forests, mangroves, rivers, lighter woodlands, and areas of secondary growth like overgrown shrubby clearings and pastures. Additionally, common Tody-flycatcher is found in shady plantations, open groves, savanna thickets, and hedgerows. This adaptable bird also frequents human-altered environments such as orchards, gardens, cultivated lands, and wastelands. It resides at elevations up to 2000 meters.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Distribution Area
It is a very common inhabitant in gardens, shady plantations, second growth and the edges and clearings of forest, although it avoids the dense interior of mature woodland and also arid areas. The common tody-flycatcher is usually seen in pairs, making rapid dashing sallies or hovering to pick small arthropods off the vegetation. It often wags its tail as it moves sideways along branches.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Tyrant flycatchers Species
Common Tody-flycatcher 
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