Todirostrum cinereum
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The common tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum) is a small passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country, and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.
The common tody-flycatcher was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Todus cinereus. Linnaeus based his description on the "Grey and Yellow Fly-catcher" that had been described and illustrated in 1760 by George Edwards from a specimen collected in Suriname. The specific epithet cinereum is from Latin cinereus meaning "ash-grey". The common tody-flycatcher is now the type species of the genus Todirostrum that was introduced by René Lesson in 1831.
Eight subspecies are recognized: The Clements taxonomy partially separates T. c. sclateri as "common tody-flycatcher... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Common Tody-Flycatcher sighting in Salvador on a given day, based on 507 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 13th most-seen of the 107 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and December
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Common Tody-Flycatcher in Salvador on a given day, against about 60% in January–February, April–May and July–August, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common 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.
Among the best
Of the 30 cities where we can rate Common Tody-Flycatcher sightings, Salvador ranks 2nd at about 70%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in João Pessoa (Brazil, about 70%).
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Common Tody-Flycatcher that you can see in Salvador (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Great Kiskadee (over 90%), Social Flycatcher (about 90%) and Tropical Kingbird (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Tody-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Salvador (507 verified sightings), 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.
