Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum Scientific name definitions

Thomas S. Schulenberg and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 6, 2013

Conservation and Management

The conservation status of Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher is rated as of Least Concern by the IUCN Red List (BirdLife International 2013). This species has a wide geographic range, although the population is believed to be in decline.

The relative abundance of Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher is assessed as "uncommon (easily overlooked)" in Colombia (Hily and Brown 1986), as uncommon to fairly common in Ecuador (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001a), and as "uncommon and inconspicuous" in Peru (Schulenberg et al. 2010).

Effects of Human Activity

No specific threats to Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher are identified, other than habitat loss through deforestation (BirdLife International 2013).

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.ybtfly1.01
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