Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Tingana, San Martin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Tingana, San Martin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes of Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Piura, Peru
Status: The Common Tody-Flycatcher is fairly common in the northwest lowlands at elevations of up 1200 m along the foothill of the west slope of the Andes. It also occurs in humid montane forest on the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 600-2000 m. The Common Tody-Flycatcher also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Espatulilla Común.
Sub-species: Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum sclateri), (Cabanis and Heine), 1859. SW Colombia (SW Cauca, Nariño), W Ecuador and NW Peru (Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque).
(Todirostrum cinereum peruanum), J. T. Zimmer, 1930. E Ecuador and E Peru (Loreto S to Cuzco).
Meaning of Name: Todirostrum: tody= one that resembles a member of the genus Todus Brisson 1760 and rostrum= beak. cinereum: L. cinis, cineris= ashes, cinereus= ash-grey, ash-coloured.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.