Birds of the World

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


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

Bearded Tachuri
Bearded Tachuri (Polystictus pectoralis pectoralis) Female Near Threatened
Range: SA: widespread
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)
Range: SA: se Brazil
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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