Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Poecilotriccus
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus calopterus

Thomas S. Schulenberg and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published June 20, 2014

Behavior

Introduction

There is little information on the behavior of Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher. These flycatchers usually remains low (within a few meters of the ground) inside dense, shaded thickets. In foraging, they makes short upward sallies to the undersides of leaves and to stems; also hover briefly to scan ends of leaves (T.A. Parker, unpublished observations). Characteristically flashes one wing open (usually the right wing?) emphatically (in the manner of Leptopogon and some Phylloscartes flycatchers) at regular, short intervals; occasionally lifts the other wing as well (T.A. Parker, unpublished observations).

Territoriality

There are no published data on territorial defense, maintenance, or fidelity, or for territory or home range size, for Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher.

Sexual Behavior

Undescribed. Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher usually is encountered in pairs, however, and so presumably is at least socially monogamous.

Social and interspecific behavior

Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher often are encountered as pairs, which do not associate with mixed species flocks (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001b, Schulenberg et al. 2010).

Predation

No reports of predation on Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher?

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S. and G. M. Kirwan (2014). Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus calopterus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.gowtof1.01
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