Crested Black Tyrant - BirdForum Opus

Photo by avillaschi
Serra da Canastra, MG, Brazil, March 2005

Knipolegus lophotes

Identification

20–21 cm (8-8¼ in)

• Glossy blue-black
• Erect crest
• White wing band
• Dark red/red brown iris

Distribution

South America: found in South-central and south-eastern Brazil to Uruguay and north-eastern Paraguay.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

Grassy highlands, open areas with shrubs.

Behaviour

Photo © by Luiz
Resende, RJ, Brazil, 9 September 2020

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects with the addition of some fruit on occasion.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Arthur Grosset
3. Farnsworth, A. and G. Langham (2020). Crested Black-Tyrant (Knipolegus lophotes), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.crbtyr1.01

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Crested Black Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Crested_Black_Tyrant

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