Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Spectacled Tyrant - Hymenops perspicillatus

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

All records since January 2014
Adult male
Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© Pablo Mosto
Black. White primaries dark tipped visible in flight
Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© Gustavo F. Brahamian
Yellow bill and eyering
Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© Pablo Serur
Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© J. Simón Tagtachian
Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© J. Simón Tagtachian
Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© J. Simón Tagtachian
Adult female
Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© J. Simón Tagtachian
Upperparts streaked dark brown. Breast streaked dark brown. Rest of underparts creamy. Light eyebrow.
Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© J. Simón Tagtachian
Behaviour
Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© 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.
Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© J. Simón Tagtachian Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© J. Simón Tagtachian
Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© Carlos González Ledo Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© Carlos González Ledo
Pico de plata J/Spectacled Tyrant J© J. Simón Tagtachian Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© Hugo Aguilar
Immature male turns black. Light iris and eyering
Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© Roberto Ares Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© Roberto Ares
Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© Roberto Ares Pico de plata/Spectacled Tyrant© 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
aves conflictivas copy
Spectacled Tyrant, Chestnut-capped Blackbird, Solitary Black Cacique, Yellow-winged Blackbird, Unicoloured Blackbird, Screaming Cowbird, Shiny Cowbird, White-lined Tanager and Variable Oriole
More photographic records since January 2013