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| | + | [[Image:Many-colored_Rush_Tyrant_by_moraleda.jpg|thumb|550px|right|'''Adult'''. Photo by {{user|moraleda|moraleda}} <br />Concepcion, [[Chile]] ]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Tachuris|Tachuris]] rubrigastra | | ;[[:Category:Tachuris|Tachuris]] rubrigastra |
| - | [[Image:Many-colored_Rush_Tyrant.jpg|thumb|550px|right|'''Adult'''. Photo by {{user|BirdsPeru|BirdsPeru}} <br />Location: Lima, [[Peru]] ]] | |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | 4 in. Black crown with red central line. Yellow supercilliary from bill to nape. Sides of the face with bluish black triangle from the bill base to auriculars. White throat, yellow chest, light yellow abdomen, reddish undertail, green back, black wing with white line. Black tail with white border. Black legs. Black and thin bill. Pale eyes. <br /> | | 4 in. Black crown with red central line. Yellow supercilliary from bill to nape. Sides of the face with bluish black triangle from the bill base to auriculars. White throat, yellow chest, light yellow abdomen, reddish undertail, green back, black wing with white line. Black tail with white border. Black legs. Black and thin bill. Pale eyes. <br /> |
| | + | [[Image:Many-colored_Rush-Tyrant_on_dead_reeds_by_rdavis.jpg|thumb|350px|right|'''Juvenile'''. Photo by {{user|rdavis|rdavis}} <br />Pantanos de Villa, [[Peru]], March 2010 ]] |
| | Juvenile much less colorful. | | Juvenile much less colorful. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
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| | [[Peru]], [[Chile]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], [[Argentina]], [[Uruguay]], and in winter, southern [[Brazil]]. | | [[Peru]], [[Chile]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], [[Argentina]], [[Uruguay]], and in winter, southern [[Brazil]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | [[Image:Many-colored_Rush-Tyrant_on_dead_reeds_by_rdavis.jpg|thumb|350px|right|'''Juvenile'''. Photo by {{user|rdavis|rdavis}} <br />Location: Pantanos de Villa, [[Peru]], March 2010 ]] | + | |
| | Four subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | | Four subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: |
| | *''T. r. libertatis'' | | *''T. r. libertatis'' |
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| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | + | [[Image:Many-colored_Rush_Tyrant.jpg|thumb|350px|right|'''Adult'''. Photo by {{user|BirdsPeru|BirdsPeru}} <br />Lima, [[Peru]] ]] |
| | Reeds and rushes near water | | Reeds and rushes near water |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
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| | It builds a woven, cup shaped nest of dry rush strips. 2 to 3 yellowish eggs are laid. | | It builds a woven, cup shaped nest of dry rush strips. 2 to 3 yellowish eggs are laid. |
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| | + | Sounds include some reminding of a bouncing ball and others with a buzz quality. |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}# Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3 | | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}# Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3 |
Current revision
- Tachuris rubrigastra
[edit] Identification
4 in. Black crown with red central line. Yellow supercilliary from bill to nape. Sides of the face with bluish black triangle from the bill base to auriculars. White throat, yellow chest, light yellow abdomen, reddish undertail, green back, black wing with white line. Black tail with white border. Black legs. Black and thin bill. Pale eyes.
Juvenile. Photo by
rdavis Pantanos de Villa,
Peru, March 2010
Juvenile much less colorful.
[edit] Distribution
Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and in winter, southern Brazil.
[edit] Taxonomy
Four subspecies are recognized[1]:
- T. r. libertatis
- T. r. alticola
- T. r. rubrigastra
- T. r. loaensis
[edit] Habitat
Reeds and rushes near water
[edit] Behaviour
Diet includes insects.
It builds a woven, cup shaped nest of dry rush strips. 2 to 3 yellowish eggs are laid.
Sounds include some reminding of a bouncing ball and others with a buzz quality.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3
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