Greater Wagtail-Tyrant - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Julian Tocce
Gral.Roca, Río Negro, Argentina, April, 2016

Stigmatura budytoides

Identification

14·5–16 cm (5¾-6¼ in)

• Buff supercilium
• Yellowish underparts
• Long, graduated tail with white tip

Distribution

Subspecies gracilis: Caatinga Wagtail-Tyrant
Photo by Francisco Paludo
Sítio Pau Preto, Potengi, Ceará, Brazil, July 2017

South America: found in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• S. b. budytoides:

• Southern Bolivia (Cochabamba south to Tarija)

• S. b. inzonata:

• South-eastern Bolivia to western Paraguay and northern Argentina

• S. b. flavocinerea:

• Central Argentina

• S. b. gracilis: Caatinga Wagtail-Tyrant

• North East Brazil (Pernambuco and northern Bahia)

Habitat

Deciduous woodland and dry scrub and gallery forest from sea-level to 1000 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of 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. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Greater Wagtail-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Greater_Wagtail-Tyrant

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