- Fluvicola albiventer
Identification
14 cm (5½ in)
- White underparts
- Black upperparts
- Black hind-crown and nape
- White-spotted wing-bar
- White forehead, sides of the head
Distribution
South America: found from Amazonian and eastern Brazil to eastern Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Marshes and shrubby vegetation; riversides and oxbow lakes.
Behaviour
Diet
They forage on, or near the ground and on floating vegetation for insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2015)
- Arthur Grosset
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-backed Water Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-backed_Water_Tyrant
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