Birds of the World


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 (Agriornis lividus lividus) Range: SA: Chile and s Argentina Camino Embalse El Yeso, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis micropterus micropterus) Range: SA: Southern Cone Patagonia, Argentina
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.


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 (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.