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Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Fritz73
Copahue, Neuquen, Argentina, 2003
Agriornis micropterus

Identification

23–24·5 cm

Distribution

South America: found from Southeast Peru to southern Argentina and Chile.

Taxonomy

The scientific name has been changed from microptera to micropterus.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies[1]:

  • A. m. andecola
  • A. m. micropterus:
  • Andes of southern Argentina; winters to western Paraguay and southern Uruguay

Habitat

Puna grassland and open shrubby slopes.

Behaviour

Diet

A wide variety of prey is eaten, from eggs and nestlings, large insects, frogs, lizards and small mammals.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014)

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