Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus ruficeps

The Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps) is an 8.8 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

8.8 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru.

Where to see it: Cabañas San Isidro (Ecuador); Reserva Ecológica Río Blanco · Lodge (Colombia); Hotel Tinamú Birding Nature Reserve (Colombia); Refugio Paz de las Aves (Angel Paz) (Ecuador); WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist