Many-colored Rush Tyrant - BirdForum Opus

Adult
Photo © by moraleda
Concepcion, Chile

Tachuris rubrigastra

Identification

Juvenile
Photo © by rdavis
Pantanos de Villa, Peru, March 2010

11–11·5 cm (4¼-4½ in)

• Black crown with red central line
• Golden supercilium from bill to nape
• Sides of the face with bluish black triangle from the bill base to auriculars
• White throat
• Yellow chest
• Light yellow abdomen
• Reddish undertail
• Green back
• Black wing with white line
• BBlack tail with white border
• Black legs
• Black and thin bill
• Pale eyes.
  

Juvenile much less colorful.

Distribution

South America: found in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina and, in winter, southern Brazil.

Taxonomy

Adult
Photo © by BirdsPeru
Lima, Peru, October 2005

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• T. r. libertatis:

• Marshes of coastal western Peru (La Libertad to northern Ica)

• T. r. alticola:

• Andes of south-eastern Peru to western Bolivia and north-western Argentina

• T. r. rubrigastra:

• South East Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina and western Chile

• T. r. loaensis:

• North Chile (Antofagasta)

Habitat

Photo © by Luis R
Batuco Wetland. Santiago de Chile, May 2017

Large reed-beds, marshes and grassy lake edges.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects. The forage either alone or in family groups.

Breeding

They construct a woven, cup shaped nest of dry rush strips. The clutch consists of 2 to 3 yellowish eggs.

Vocalisation

Sounds include some reminding of a bouncing ball and others with a buzz quality.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Many-colored Rush Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Many-colored_Rush_Tyrant

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