Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher

Lulu's tody-flycatcher is about 9.5 cm (3.7 in) long and weighs about 7.3 g (0.26 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly pale rufous or cinnamon head and throat with a gray band across the nape that thins as it passes forward under the ear coverts. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are yellowish olive green. Their wings are black with yellow or yellowish olive green edges on the flight feathers and buff or buff yellow tips on the coverts; the latter show as two thin wing bars. Their chin is white and their throat pale rufous or cinnamon with a thin white band below it. Their breast is yellowish olive green and the rest of their underparts are orange yellow or yellow ochre. They have a brown or dark brown iris, a black bill, and legs and feet whose color can be any of several shades of gray.

Lulu's tody-flycatcher is found in northern Peru, south of the Marañón River in southern Amazonas and western San Martín departments. It primarily inhabits the understory of humid montane forest, where it heavily favors thickets of bamboo, but is also found in secondary forest. In elevation it ranges between 1,850 and 2,900 m (6,100 and 9,500 ft).

Lulu's tody-flycatcher feeds on insects, though details of its diet are lacking. It forages mostly in pairs and only briefly joins mixed-species feeding flocks that pass nearby. It forages mostly between about 4 and 10 m (15 and 35 ft) above the ground. It takes prey with short upward sallies from a perch to grab it from leaves, small branches, and bamboo stalks. It also takes prey by gleaning while perched.