- Polystictus superciliaris
Identification
9·5 cm (3¾ in)
- Grey crown
- Short white supercilium
- White eye-ring
- White coronal patch (partially concealed)
- Brownish-grey upperparts
- Reddish underparts
- Whitish wing bars
Distribution
South America
South-eastern Brazil (central Bahia to Minas Gerais and northern São Paulo)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Grassland dominated by rocks or scrub. Deserted bushy pastures.
Behaviour
Diet
This species is a flycatcher, mainly eating insects, which they forage for by clinging to the stems of long grass. They rarely feed on the ground.
Breeding
There is little information available. They lay 1-2 eggs in a small cup nest of rootlets and moss from July to September.
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/
- Avibase
- Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
- Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014 and November 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gray-backed Tachuri. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 July 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray-backed_Tachuri
