White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher

About the White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher

The white-cheeked tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus albifacies) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. The white-cheeked tody-flycatcher was originally described in 1959 as Todirostrum albifacies. The author considered it closely related to what is now the black-and-white tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus capitalis). For a period in the twentieth century the two were treated as conspecific. The species eventually received the English name "white-cheeked tody-tyrant". Following a 1988 publication, taxonomic systems moved albifacies 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 white-cheeked tody-flycatcher is monotypic. The white-cheeked tody-flycatcher is about 9.5 cm (3.7 in) long and weighs about 8 g (0.28 oz). Adult males have a rufous crown and black nape that thins as it extends under the cheeks. Their face is otherwise white. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are olive. Their... Wikipedia →