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[[Image:Blackbackedwatertyrant.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=44584 Rogerio Araújo Dias]''' <br /> Photographed at Luziânia, [[Brazil]]]]
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[[Image:Blackbackedwatertyrant.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=44584 Rogerio Araújo Dias]''' <br /> Luziânia, [[Brazil]]]]
 
;[[:category:Fluvicola|Fluvicola]] albiventer
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
[[Image:BlackbackedWaterTyrantXP.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Xyko+Paludo|Francisco Paludo}}<br />Araripe, CE, [[Brasil]], July, 2017]]
 
 
14 cm (5½ in)
 
14 cm (5½ in)
 
*White underparts
 
*White underparts
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==Distribution==
 
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[[South America]]: found from Amazonian and eastern [[Brazil]] to eastern [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]] and northern [[Argentina]]
 
[[South America]]: found from Amazonian and eastern [[Brazil]] to eastern [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]] and northern [[Argentina]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
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They forage on, or near the ground and on floating vegetation for insects.
 
They forage on, or near the ground and on floating vegetation for insects.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2015)
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2015)
 
#Arthur Grosset
 
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Revision as of 22:27, 22 September 2017

Photo by Rogerio Araújo Dias
Luziânia, Brazil
Fluvicola albiventer

Identification

14 cm (5½ in)

  • White underparts
  • Black upperparts
  • Black hind-crown and nape
  • White-spotted wing-bar
  • White forehead, sides of the head

Distribution

Photo by Francisco Paludo
Araripe, CE, Brasil, July, 2017

South America: found from Amazonian and eastern Brazil to eastern Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Marshes and shrubby vegetation; riversides and oxbow lakes.

Behaviour

Diet

They forage on, or near the ground and on floating vegetation for insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2015)
  3. Arthur Grosset

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