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Spotted Tody-Flycatcher
Todirostrum maculatum (Desmarest, 1806)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Spotted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum maculatum is a passerine of Amazonia in South America, and it also reaches Trinidad and much of mainland South America outside Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. It belongs to the tyrant flycatcher family. The species was first described in 1806. It is a small bird with the sexes alike, and the nominate form has a grey head marked by a white spot above the lores and black-and-white streaking on the crown. Its underparts are white and yellow with dark streaks, and the wings and tail are dark with pale edging.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: Amazonia
