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Taczanowski's Ground Tyrant - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Luis R
Ticlio Pass, Peru, July 2017
Muscisaxicola griseus

Identification

18–19 cm (7-7½ in)

  • Long white supercilium
  • Small white patch below eye
  • Dusky lores
  • Brownish-grey crown

Distribution

South America: found in Páramo of Peru and western Bolivia (La Paz to Cochabamba).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly treated as subspecies of Plain-capped Ground Tyrant.

Habitat

Paramo

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of insects. They forage by short runs and hops.

References

  1. 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/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2017)

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