Alternative name: Sharp-tailed Grass Tyrant
- Culicivora caudacuta
Identification
10·5 cm (4 in)
- Dark brown upperparts, heavily streaked with buff
- White underparts
- Cinnamon flanks
- Black crown
- White supercilium
- Black eyestripe
- Brown tail
- Feathers long, slender and pointed
Distribution
South America: found from eastern Bolivia to south-central Brazil, eastern Paraguay, Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Open dry and wet grassland.
Behaviour
Diet
They forage in pairs and small groups mostly for insects, with seeds also probably being eaten.
Breeding
They construct a small cup nest from grass and other plant material.
Vocalisation
Vocalizations are high pitch and nasal.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- BirdLife International
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sharp-tailed Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sharp-tailed_Tyrant
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
