- Agriornis montanus
Identification
23–24 cm (9-9½ in)
Bill black and thinner than most congeners.
Variations
In north undertail coverts and tail sides white while in central and southern Chile and Argentina, the nearest part of the tail sides are dark. Eye is pale in northern birds but may be dark in birds from southern Bolivia and south of there.
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
Vagrant to the Falkland Islands.
Taxonomy
The scientific name has been spelled montana in the past.
Subspecies
There are 5 subspecies[1]:
- A. m. solitarius:
- A. m. insolens:
- Andes of Peru
- A. m. intermedius:
- A. m. montanus:
- A. m. maritimus (A. m. leucura included herein):
Habitat
High-altitude shrubland, high-altitude grassland with scattered trees, and pastureland; can be seen at heights around 3,500m
Behaviour
Likes to perch on wires, buildings in villages, and rocks, but rarely on bushes.
Diet
Their diet consists of large insects, frogs, lizards, small mammals, eggs, nestlings and seeds.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)
- BF Member observations
- Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-billed_Shrike-Tyrant
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