Todirostrum pictum
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The painted tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum pictum) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly Colombia. The painted tody-flycatcher was originally described in 1897 as a full species with its current binomial Todirostrum pictum. Some mid-twentieth century authors considered it a subspecies of the yellow-browed tody-flycatcher (T. chrysocrotaphum) but by the 1970s it had regained is status as a full species. Several authors treat the painted, yellow-browed, and black-headed tody-flycatcher (T. nigriceps) as a superspecies.
The painted tody-flycatcher is monotypic. The painted tody-flycatcher is 9 to 10.2 cm (3.5 to 4.0 in) long and weighs 6 to 8 g (0.21 to 0.28 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults have a mostly black head with a white spot above the lores and a long white "moustache". A narrow yellow band separates their nape from their olive back, rump, and uppertail coverts. Their wings are black with yellow edges on the flight feathers and the edges and tips of the coverts; the last show as two wing bars. Their tail is black with olive... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Tody-Flycatcher sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 162nd most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Tody-Flycatcher in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and August–January, the lowest months. May to July have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Painted Tody-Flycatcher sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Brownsberg Nature Park, in our data
Brownsberg Nature Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Painted Tody-Flycatcher sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Painted Tody-Flycatcher that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Rusty-margined Flycatcher (about 40%), Slender-footed Tyrannulet (about 40%) and McConnell's Flycatcher (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Painted Tody-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (12 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
