- Alectrurus risora
Identification
20cm (30 cm including tail)
Male
- Black head, back and breast band
- White underparts
- Featherless throat which turns bright pinkish-red during the breeding season
- Elongated, black tail feathers
Female
- Upperparts brown streaked
- Pale breast band
- Narrow brown stripes at the end of the tail feathers.
Distribution
Locally in eastern Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Pastisales. Wet grasslands associated with marshes, and requires fairly tall grasses of between 1 and 1.5 metres for breeding.
Behaviour
The diet includes invertebrates.
References
- 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/
- ArKive
- BirdLife International
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Strange-tailed Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Strange-tailed_Tyrant
External Links
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