Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum
The Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum) is a diminutive and active passerine, characteristic of Neotropical lowlands. Measuring a mere 9-10 cm (3.5-4 in) in length and weighing just 6-8 grams, it is among the smallest flycatchers. Its most striking field mark is a brilliant, broad yellow supercilium (eyebrow) contrasting sharply with a glossy black cap. The back and wings are olive-green, adorned with two subtle yellowish wing-bars, while its underparts are bright yell...
This species primarily inhabits humid tropical and subtropical lowlands, favoring forest edges, clearings, secondary growth, and riverine woodlands, typically below 900 meters elevation.
Its diet consists almost exclusively of small arthropods, primarily insects (such as beetles, ants, and small caterpillars) and spiders, which it obtains by gleaning and aerial sallying.
The Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher is a highly diurnal and restless bird, constantly flitting through foliage. Its primary foraging strategy involves actively gleaning small insects and spiders from the undersides of leaves and twigs, often hanging acrobatically to reach prey; it also performs qui...
The Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher boasts an expansive distribution throughout the Amazon basin and adjacent regions of northern South America. Its resident range spans from eastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, and all three Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana) eastward, extending throug...
Least Concern
- The Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher is one of the smallest members of the extensive Tyrannidae family, often weighing less than a quarter of an ounce. - Its specific epithet 'chrysocrotaphum' is derived from ancient Greek, meaning 'golden-templed,' a direct reference to its prominent yellow super...