Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Agriornis (5 species)


White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant
White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis albicauda albicauda) Vulnerable
Range: SA: Ecuador to nw Argentina
Cruz Conga, Peru  
   
Photograph by Robert Lewis   © All Rights Reserved.


Great Shrike-Tyrant
Great Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis lividus lividus)
Range: SA: Chile and s Argentina
Camino Embalse El Yeso, Región Metropolitana, Chile  
   
Photograph by Cristián Pinto     Copyright and usage info


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Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis micropterus)
Range: SA: Southern Cone
   



Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant
Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis montanus insolens)
Range: SA: Colombia to Chile and Argentina
Colca Canyon, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note thin pale brow, slightly smaller size, possibly light-colored iris, and smaller thinner bill, when in range of the much rarer White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant. Both have white tails. Found in open areas at high elevations.
Back view.

Lesser Shrike-Tyrant
Lesser Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis murinus)
Range: SA: Southern Cone
Valdes Peninsula, Chubut province, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Austral migrant from Patagonian lowlands as far north as Bolivia and Paraguay. Plain greyish brown, lighter on the bottom.


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