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Order:   Passeriformes

Family:   Rhynchocyclidae

Species:   Todirostrum poliocephalum

IOC English name:  Yellow-lored Tody-flycatcher


Gray-headed Tody-flycatcher (IOC name Yellow-lored Tody-flycatcher). A very common species in more wooded environments, especially in the Atlantic Forest, it is a small bird, measuring only 9 centimeters. Like the blacksmith, its plumage is yellow on the front and darker on the wings, tail and head, with the difference that it has a very expressive yellow spot just above the beak. He rarely stands still, always jumping between the branches of trees in search of insects and small fruits. It can be seen at the Praia Vermelha Campus, usually close to the IPUB, and it has been seen nests on the Campus.