Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Muscisaxicola (12 species)


White-fronted Ground Tyrant
White-fronted Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola albifrons)
Range: SA: Peru to n Chile
Peru  
   
Photograph by Richard Gibbons     Copyright and usage info

White-fronted Ground Tyrant
White-fronted Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola albifrons)
Range: SA: Peru to n Chile
Salinas, Arequipa, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Tall and thin and the largest of all Ground Tyrants. Grey with white forehead (above bill), some white on the wings, and a brownish cap/nape.

White-browed Ground Tyrant
White-browed Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola albilora)
Range: SA: Ecuador to s Chile and w Argentina
Colombia  
   
Photograph by Juan Antonio Ocampo Wilches   © All Rights Reserved.


Paramo Ground Tyrant
Paramo Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola alpinus alpinus)
Range: SA: Colombia and Ecuador
Artisana, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by George Scott Photography   © All Rights Reserved.


Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant
Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola capistratus)
Range: SA: s Argentina, Chile and Peru
Pali Aike National Park, Chile  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Cinereous Ground Tyrant
Cinereous Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola cinereus cinereus)
Range: SA: Peru to n Chile and nw Argentina
Salinas, Arequipa, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Compared to Taczanowski's Ground Tyrant, it is totally greyish (cinereous), and has a very thin light grey brow. Migrates to Peru in Austral winter.

Ochre-naped Ground Tyrant
Ochre-naped Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola flavinucha)
Range: SA: Argentina and Chile
Abra Málaga, Peru
  Note white forehead compared to smaller Puna Ground Tyrant.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Austral migrant from Chile to Peru. A relatively large Ground Tyrant, and larger than Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant, and with a white forehead.

Black-fronted Ground Tyrant
Black-fronted Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola frontalis)
Range: SA: c Chile and wc Argentina and Peru
Abra Lizoite, Sierra de Santa Victoria, Salta, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

A high Andean species tha breeds in Argentina, Chile, and southern Bolivia; in the Austral winter they move north into western Bolivia and southern Peru. (Athanas).

Taczanowski's Ground Tyrant
Taczanowski's Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola griseus)
Range: SA: Peru and Bolivia
Abra Málaga, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Compared to Cinereous Ground Tyrant, it is larger, less greyish and has a stronger white brow.

Puna Ground Tyrant
Puna Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola juninensis)
Range: SA: Peru to n Chile and nw Argentina
Abra Málaga, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Dark-faced Ground Tyrant
Dark-faced Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus mentalis)
Range: SA: w, Southern Cone
Mejía, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Austrai migrant from south Chile and Argentina to northern Peru on the Pacific and Uruguay on the Atlantic. Found in open fields.

Spot-billed Ground Tyrant
Spot-billed Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maculirostris maculirostris)
Range: SA: Colombia to Chile and Argentina
Colca Canyon, Peru
  Note two-colored lower mandible, and overall drab greyish-brown.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Generally found at higher altitudes in open areas, but may be found down to 1000m. Note yellowish lower mandible base.

Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant
Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola rufivertex pallidiceps)
Range: SA: Peru to c Chile and w Argentina
Colca Canyon, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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