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Identification

12·7–13·5 cm
Male

South America: found in Colombia, southern Venezuela, western Guyana to eastern Ecuador, Peru and Amazonian Brazil.

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Varzea forests, swamps and damp thickets.

Their diet consists almost entirely of insects.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Amazonian Black Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Amazonian_Black_Tyrant

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 ;[[:Category:Knipolegus|Knipolegus]] poecilocercus
 ==Identification==
+·7–13·5 cm<br />
+'''Male'''
+*Black plumage with blue sheen
+*Long rictal bristles
+*Large eyes
 ==Distribution==
-[[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Guyana]], [[Peru]], and [[Venezuela]].
+[[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], southern [[Venezuela]], western [[Guyana]] to eastern [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] and Amazonian [[Brazil]].
 ==Taxonomy==
-Monotypic.
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 ==Habitat==
-Swamps.
+Varzea forests, swamps and damp thickets.
 ==Behaviour==
+====Diet====
+Their diet consists almost entirely of insects.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
+#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
 {{GSearch|Knipolegus+poecilocercus}}
 [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Knipolegus]]