Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus russatus)
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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 17 recordings for this species: 11 CC BY-NC-ND · 6 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Venezuela in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-and-white Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus capitalisrecording
- Golden-winged Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus calopterusrecording
- Rufous-crowned Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus ruficepsrecording
- Rusty-fronted Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus latirostrisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.