The Story
I photographed this Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum) at La Esmeralda Hostal, in the vereda Pastales near Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia, in October 2019. Its prey captures come with an audible snap of the bill. It does well in converted and secondary habitats and spreads into clearings and plantations. In Colombia it lives up to 2,200 meters, and the nominate subspecies covers the three Andean ranges and Meta. It lives in open and semi-open country, from forest edges and plantations to pastures and gardens, but avoids dense forest.
I used a Pentax K-1 with the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6 for this one, at 1/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 3200. Across its range, IUCN lists the Common Tody-Flycatcher as Least Concern, and its population appears to be stable.
©2020 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum) belongs to the family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2021), with the population trend listed as stable. Source: IUCN Red List
