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Stigmatura napensis

Identification

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

Distribution

South America: found in Amazon system islands (south-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and western Brazil).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

A Stigmatura form which might be an undescribed subspecies has been reported from the Orinoco river in Colombia and Venezuela.

This species formerly included the Bahia Wagtail-Tyrant.

Habitat

Lowland river islands shortly after they form.

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). Lesser Wagtail-Tyrant (Stigmatura napensis), version 1.2. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.lewtyr1.01.2

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lesser Wagtail-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lesser_Wagtail-Tyrant

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