Birds of Brazil

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Polystictus (2 species, 2 worldwide)


Bearded Tachuri
Bearded Tachuri (Polystictus pectoralis pectoralis) Male Near Threatened
Altiplano Leste, Brasilia, DF, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Bearded Tachuri
Bearded Tachuri (Polystictus pectoralis pectoralis) Female Near Threatened
Bonito, MS, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Found in open areas.
Male showing crest.

Grey-backed Tachuri
Grey-backed Tachuri (Polystictus superciliaris) ENDEMIC
Serra do Cipó, MG, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

Male and female similar. A species found in open areas.


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