Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher

About the Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher

The ruddy tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus russatus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is native to the oriental tepuis of Venezuela. The buff-cheeked tody-flycatcher was originally described in 1884 as Euscarthmus russatus. Since its description it was variously assigned to genera Euscarthmornis and Todirostrum. Following a 1988 publication, taxonomic systems moved russatus and several other species from Todirostrum to genus Poecilotriccus. By the early twenty-first century genus Poecilotriccus had species called both "tody-tyrant" and "tody-flycatcher" so taxonomic systems began renaming the "tyrants" to "flycatcher".

The ruddy tody-flycatcher is monotypic. It and the ochre-faced tody-flycatcher (P. plumbeiceps) form a superspecies. The ruddy tody-flycatcher is 9.5 to 10.2 cm (3.7 to 4.0 in) long and weighs 6.5 to 8.3 g (0.23 to 0.29 oz). Adult males have a cinnamon-rufous forehead and a sooty-black crown. Their face is mostly cinnamon-rufous. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are dark olive. Their wings are dark olive with greenish yellow edges on the inner flight feathers and cinnamon... Wikipedia →