Todirostrum nigriceps
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The black-headed tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum nigriceps) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is a small, black and yellow, insectivorous bird.
Its call and song are composed of high pitched one-note chirps. Each vocalization is often confounded for the other. Its reproductive traits are not well documented but both parents contribute to building the nest and clutches only have one egg at a time. In 2021, the IUCN assessed its conservation status and deemed it of least concern.
The black-headed tody flycatcher is a small bird with a glossy black head and a white throat. The black coloring continues down the sides of the neck. It has bright yellow underparts and olive-yellow upperparts. The wings are black with two yellow wingbars and yellow streaking and the tail is short and black. Its head is relatively large, as is its straight black bill. It has dark irises and no eye-rings. Its legs are blueish-gray.
The females and males have the same coloring. Adults are between 8–10.2 cm long and weigh 6–6.5 g. Juveniles... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 14 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 15 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 16 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 17 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 136 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 126th most-seen of the 329 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in March and November–January, the lowest months. Those are among Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge's wettest months, with about 480 mm of rain a month against 140 mm in March.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-headed 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 17 parks where we can rate Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher sightings, Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (136 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.
