Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Ranges from Costa Rica to western
Ecuador and westernmost
Venezuela.
Todirostrum nigriceps
(L 3.5")
Canopy Camp
Darien
03Oct2016
Todi means small bird;
rostrum means bill; nigriceps
is Latin for black-headed.
Do I really need to know
Why the Flycatcher
Sits atop the tallest weathered pole
On a spring morning
And releases this most fantastic trill?
(Joe DeMino)
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Ross, Jr.
Macaulay
Library
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