Todirostrum cinereum
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Common Tody-Flycatcher sighting in Volcán Barú National Park on a given day, based on 92 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 136th most-seen of the 296 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Tody-Flycatcher in Volcán Barú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and November–April, 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.
45th of 62
Of the 62 parks where we can rate Common Tody-Flycatcher sightings, Volcán Barú National Park ranks 45th at under 5%. 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.
Same family: Tyrannidae
The closest relatives of the Common Tody-Flycatcher that you can see in Volcán Barú National Park (family Tyrannidae, Tyrant Flycatchers) are Mountain Elaenia (about 50%), Tufted Flycatcher (about 40%) and Yellowish Flycatcher (about 40%), 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 Volcán Barú National Park (92 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.
