Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher | |
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From Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador. | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Poecilotriccus |
Species: | P. ruficeps |
Binomial name | |
Poecilotriccus ruficeps (Kaup, 1852) |
The Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It was formerly placed in the genus Todirostrum, and has been known as the Rufous-crowned Tody-Tyrant.[1] It is found in thickets and second growth in the Andes of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru.