Order: Passeriformes (Suboscines) - Family: Tyrannidae
Habitat: Embankments and grassland

All records since January 2014

Adult male
© Pablo Mosto Black. White primaries dark tipped visible in flight © Gustavo F. Brahamian Yellow bill and eyering © Pablo Serur © J. Simón Tagtachian © J. Simón Tagtachian © J. Simón Tagtachian

Adult female
© J. Simón Tagtachian Upperparts streaked dark brown. Breast streaked dark brown. Rest of underparts creamy. Light eyebrow. © J. Simón Tagtachian

Behaviour

© RAP Male and female are highly dichromatic. The male is striking for its yellow eyering which contrasts its black plumage and for its white primaries which are astounded with open wings. The male perches on top of branches very boldly. The eyering is not so notorious in the female because of its brown and streaking pattern. It does not expose as the male does. They have long legs and an upright stance © Roberto Ares

Juvenile
Dark eyes. Plumage similar to adult female. Immature female lacks eyering. Light iris.
© J. Simón Tagtachian	© J. Simón Tagtachian
© Carlos González Ledo	© Carlos González Ledo
© J. Simón Tagtachian	© Hugo Aguilar
Immature male turns black. Light iris and eyering
© Roberto Ares	© Roberto Ares
© Roberto Ares	© J. Simón Tagtachian

Diet
© Roberto Ares Forages and catches preys from perches near the ground or hunts on the wing. Feeds on insects

Black birds

Spectacled Tyrant, Chestnut-capped Blackbird, Solitary Black Cacique, Yellow-winged Blackbird, Unicoloured Blackbird, Screaming Cowbird, Shiny Cowbird, White-lined Tanager and Variable Oriole

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