Todirostrum cinereum
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Tody-Flycatcher sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, based on 1,266 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 328 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August to October
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Common Tody-Flycatcher in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, against about 30% in November to July, the lowest months. Those are among Parque Natural Metropolitano's wettest months, with about 310 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in February.
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.
11th of 62
Of the 62 parks where we can rate Common Tody-Flycatcher sightings, Parque Natural Metropolitano ranks 11th at about 30%. The best odds are in Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%), Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, about 50%) and Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Tody-Flycatcher is recorded against all the birds logged in Parque Natural Metropolitano (1,266 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.
