Painted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum pictum Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Text last updated May 22, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | cabdill pintat |
Dutch | Witkeelschoffelsnavel |
English | Painted Tody-Flycatcher |
English (United States) | Painted Tody-Flycatcher |
French | Todirostre peint |
French (France) | Todirostre peint |
German | Schwarzflecken-Todityrann |
Japanese | ギアナハシナガタイランチョウ |
Norwegian | svarthettetodityrann |
Polish | klinodziobek białogardły |
Portuguese (Brazil) | ferreirinho-pintado |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Ferreirinho-de-sobrancelha |
Russian | Белогорлый тоди-мухолов |
Slovak | muchárčik maľovaný |
Spanish | Titirijí Pintado |
Spanish (Spain) | Titirijí pintado |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Titirijí Pintado |
Swedish | brokig todityrann |
Turkish | Boyalı Todi Sinekkapanı |
Ukrainian | Мухолов-клинодзьоб біловусий |
Todirostrum pictum Salvin, 1897
Definitions
- TODIROSTRUM
- pictum
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Introduction
Restricted to the Guianan Shield, from southeast Venezuela, through the Guianas and into northern Brazil, the Painted Tody-Flycatcher is a striking little bird, if seen well. The head is black, the underparts yellow with black spotting, the upperparts largely green with yellow wing edgings, while the species also has a white throat and lores, and striking yellow irides. It is best located by voice as the species prefers the canopy of tall humid forest and second growth, and has been found to at least 400 m. Because of its canopy-dwelling habits, which make it easily overlooked, little information has been published concerning the Painted Tody-Flycatcher’s ecology, although those aspects that are known appear similar to those of other tody-flycatchers. The nest is a pendent pouch-like structure sited high up, but unsurprisingly the eggs have yet to be described.
Field Identification
9–10·2 cm; 6–8 g. Has glossy black head , white supraloral spot , long white submoustachial stripe; small yellow neckband, olive back and rump; wings black, two yellow wingbars, yellow feather edges; tail black, olive outer edges; throat whitish with black streaks, bright yellow underparts , black streaks on upper breast; iris dark brown or yellow; bill black; legs blackish. Sexes alike. Juvenile undescribed.
Systematics History
Subspecies
Distribution
Habitat
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Arthropods, including e.g. flies (Diptera). Forages alone or in pairs, rarely with mixed-species flocks, in high outer-canopy foliage and along forest edges. Makes short forward and upward sallies.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Call “chevik” or “pi-pik”; song 8–12 sharp, piercing “peek” notes at c. 2 per second; also a penetrating whistle, “teeng-teeng-teeng-teeng”.
Breeding
Oct in Surinam. Nest built by both sexes, an untidy elongated pouch with dangling “tail” and side entrance, in one case suspended from drooping branch high in garden tree near wasp (Hymenoptera) nest; nests usually sited higher up than those of congeners. Apparently no other relevant information.