Todirostrum


Todirostrum is a bird genus in the New World flycatcher family Tyrannidae. Established by René Primevère Lesson in 1831, it contains the following seven species:
ImageNameCommon nameDistribution
Todirostrum maculatumSpotted tody-flycatcherBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela
Todirostrum poliocephalumYellow-lored tody-flycatcher or grey-headed tody-flycatcher,Brazil, occurring from Southern Bahia southwards to Santa Catarina
Todirostrum viridanumMaracaibo tody-flycatcher,Venezuela
Todirostrum nigricepsBlack-headed tody-flycatcher,Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela
Todirostrum pictumPainted tody-flycatcher,eastern-southeastern Venezuela and the northeastern states of Brazil of the Amazon Basin
Todirostrum cinereumCommon tody-flycatcher or black-fronted tody-flycatcher,southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, eastern Bolivia and southern Brazil.
Todirostrum chrysocrotaphumYellow-browed tody-flycatcher,southern Amazon Basin of Brazil, also Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia

The name Todirostrum is a combination of the genus name Todus and the Latin word rostrum, meaning "beak".