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Northeast Brazil

Stigmatura bahiae

Identification

A long-tailed tyrant which frequently wags and spreads its tail.

Distribution

Ceara and Bahia (and Pernambuco?) in eastern Brazil.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Bahia Wagtail-Tyrant was formerly included within Lesser Wagtail-Tyrant.

Habitat

Usually uses dense, brushy, low-stature caatinga vegetation, only rarely in more open semi-arid vegetation.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
3. Fitzpatrick, J. W., P. F. D. Boesman, and H. F. Greeney (2022). Bahia Wagtail-Tyrant (Stigmatura bahiae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman and B. K. Keeney, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.leswat2.01
4. Birdforum Member observations

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bahia Wagtail-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bahia_Wagtail-Tyrant

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