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Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Todirostrum nigriceps Sclater, PL, 1855
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum nigriceps, is a passerine in the tyrant flycatcher family and breeds in Middle America and South America, from Costa Rica to northern Venezuela and Ecuador. It was described by Sclater, PL, in 1855. The bird is recorded from Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela, and its natural home is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Its breeding details are not well documented, but both parents help to build the nest, and each clutch contains a single egg.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Costa Rica to n Venezuela and Ecuador
