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Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher
Poecilotriccus latirostris (Pelzeln, 1868)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Poecilotriccus latirostris, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family that breeds in western and central Amazonia and central Brazil. It was first described in 1868. Its range also includes Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru. The bird lives in thick growth beside rivers, in gallery forest, in secondary woodland, and in shrubby openings and river islands within forest. It is thought to remain in the same area throughout the year. The species is known from several subspecies across its range, with records from lowland areas and uplands to 1,200 m in Colombia.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: w, c Amazonia and c Brazil
