TYRANNIDAE

       GREAT SHRIKE-TYRANT: Agriornis lividus         

    Inhabits steppes near the forest Araucanian.

The photographs were taken in Malargüe, Mendoza province and "Los Antiguos" Santa Cruz province.

        GREY-BELLIED SHRIKE-TYRANT: Agriornis micropterus   

   

 
    Inhabits shrub steppes of Patagonia and cordilleranas.

 

    The photographs were taken in Pampa de Achala, Córdoba province.

         BLACK-BILLED SHRIKE-TYRANT: Agriornis montanus fumosus        

   Endemic to the mountains of Córdoba and San Luis.
 

 
    The photographs were taken in Sierra de Comechingones, Merlo, San Luis province.

        
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    BLACK-BILLED SHRIKE-TYRANT: Agriornis montanus leucura

It inhabits the Andes, in the center and south of the country.

   

The photographs were taken in Parque Provincial Aconcagua, Mendoza province and Parque Nacional El Leoncito, San Juan province.
 

        LESSER SHRIKE-TYRANT: Agriornis murinus       

     

Inhabits Patagonia and the center-west Argentina. It is in winter visitor the rest of the country.


  

    The photographs were taken in Pampa de Achala, Córdoba province.

       CHOCOLATE-VENTED TYRANT: Neoxolmis rufiventris  

   It inhabits the Patagonian steppe, arriving in the middle of winter Country.

    The photographs were taken in Comandante Luis Piedrabuena, Santa Cruz province.

Endemic species

         RUSTY-BACKED MONJITA: Xolmis rubetra

   Endemic Species. Inhabits Patagonian steppes, migrate north in winter, bequeathing to the center of the country. Reminds the Monjitas Salinera (Neoxolmis salinarum), is distinguished by the striated chest.
Illustration by Maria Gabriela Arancio.
  
                                                
                                            Phot of Marcos Baltuska

Endemic species

          SALINAS MONJITA: Xolmis salinarum 

 
Endemic Species. Inhabits exclusively Salinas Grandes, in the northwest of Cordoba,
southeast of Catamarca and La Rioja and its continuity, the Salar de Ambargasta in the southwest of Santiago del Estero.

  

    The photographs were taken in the Reserva Provincial "Monte de las Barrancas", Córdoba province.
 

       BLACK-AND-WHITE MONJITA: Xolmis dominicanus  

 Species threatened. It can be observed east of the province of Buenos Aires and the coast, until
northeastern Argentina.

Female:

Male:


  Pictures taken in Chavarria, Corrientes province.

   
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          GREY MONJITA: Xolmis cinereus
 
        Inhabit the central and northern Argentina.
     

    

       
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        BLACK-CROWNED MONJITA: Xolmis coronatus         

     Forests and grasslands of central and northern Argentina.     

         WHITE MONJITA: Xolmis irupero

     Forests, steppes and rural areas.

 

           
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       FIRE-EYED DIUCON: Xolmis pyrope 

    It inhabits the forest Araucano.

The photographs were taken in the Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz province and Pucón, IX Región, Chile.

                                  
             Sound                         Videos

      SPOT-BILLED GROUND-TYRANT: Muscisaxicola maculirostris 

 
                               
     Inhabits high Andean steppes by western Argentina.




Photographs taken in the mountains of La Rioja, La Rioja province.

   BLACK-FRONTED GROUND-TYRANT: Muscisaxicola frontalis 

     Inhabits high Andean steppes.
 

    The photographs were taken in Laguna Horcones,  Aconcagua Provincial Park, Mendoza province.
 

        CINEREOUS GROUND-TYRANT: Muscisaxicola cinerea   

     Inhabits high Andean steppes of northern and central parts of the country.

    The photographs were taken in Paso de San Francisco, Catamarca province.
 

        CINNAMON-BELLIED GROUND-TYRANT: Muscisaxicola capistrata                                

     Inhabits mountain environments in southern Argentina and the Patagonian steppe.
 

The photographs were taken from adults in Laguna Azul, Santa Cruz province .
The image of young, in the "Bosques Petrificados" Natural Monument and Puerto San Julian. 

        RUFOUS-NAPED GROUND-TYRANT: Muscisaxicola rufivertex  

    It inhabits the northern Argentine mountain environments and mountain pastures. 




The photographs were taken in Merlo, San Luis province.

          
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       WHITE-BROWED GROUND-TYRANT: Muscisaxicola albilora  

  
   Inhabits cordilleranas steppes of central and southern Argentina.
 

          
 The photographs were taken in El Chaltén, Santa Cruz province and "La Payunia", Mendoza province.

            
   Juvenile photographed in the mountains of La Rioja, La Rioja province.

            
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        OCHRE-NAPED GROUND-TYRANT: Muscisaxicola flavinucha  

     Inhabits Andean steppes and mountain range western Argentina.

    The photographs were taken in the Aconcagua Provincial Park, Mendoza province.
 

        DARK FACED GROUND TYRANT: Muscisaxicola macloviana 

     Inhabits mountain environments in southern Argentina, extending across the central north of the country.

         
          The photographs were taken in Puerto Montt, Chile.

     
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          AUSTRAL NEGRITO: Lessonia rufa

  
    It inhabits in Patagonia and the Cordillera until the North of our country.
In winter migrates toward central areas.



        

         
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      ANDEAN NEGRITO: Lessonia oreas

      It inhabits the mountainous area of north and central Argentina, in the vicinity of aquatic
environments. Similarity to the Austral Negrito, but contrasted with white primaries visible in flight.
The female is more muted tones, but less clear cut than in the Austral Negrito.

                
 

            WHITE-BROWED CHAT-TYRANT: Ochthoeca leucophrys      

     It inhabits the northwestern Argentina in montane forests and ravines.

         Picture taken in El Infiernillo, Tucumán province.

         D'ORBIGNY'S CHAT-TYRANT: Ochthoeca oenanthoides  

   

  Inhabits  in Andean steppes and Puna.

 

        The photographs were taken in Tilcara, Jujuy province and El Infiernillo, Tucumán province.

        SPECTACLED TYRANT: Hymenops perspicillatus 

     Inhabits  various environments, usually near water.

 

     

          
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        BLACK PHOEBE: Sayornis nigricans  

    Inhabits in the Yungas region of northern Argentina, in rivers and streams.

 Picture taken in Río Los Sosa, Tucumán province and Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala, Jujuy province.      

        LONG-TAILED TYRANT: Colonia colonus  

   

 It inhabits forests in Misiones.

 

    The photographs were taken in Urugua-i Provincial Park, and Yacutinga Lodge, www.yacutinga.com, Misiones province.

           
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        STREAMER-TAILED TYRANT: Gubernetes yetapa

        Inhabits wet grassland in northeastern Argentina.
 

    The photographs were taken south of the province of Misiones.

          
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           STRANGE-TAILED TYRANT: Alectrurus risora  

    

    Inhabits wet grassland in northeastern Argentina. Species threatened, in decline.

 

    The photographs were taken in Reserve Provincial Iberá, Corrientes province.
 

        WHITE-WINGED BLACK-TYRANT: Knipolegus aterrimus    
    

          It inhabits forests and bushland.

 

        BLUE-BILLED BLACK-TYRANT: Knipolegus cyanirostris  

   
   Inhabits rainforests.
Illustration by Maria Gabriela Arancio.
 

     HUDSON'S BLACK-TYRANT: Knipolegus hudsoni                                                         


        Inhabits the middle of the country, migrating north in winter.
 

                                        
                                                                                                                       Sound
        The photographs and sound were taken in Lihue Calel National Park, La Pampa province.

        CINEREOUS TYRANT: Knipolegus striaticeps  
   
     It inhabits the forest of Chaco and northern centre of the country.    

                
                
      Photographs taken at the Botanical Garden in the city of Cordoba, Reserva Natural Palos Cortados,
     Salsacate and Villa de Soto, Córdoba province.

         VARIEGATED FLYCATCHER: Empidonomus varius   

    Visiting summer. It inhabits forests in northern Argentina could reach the coast north of the province of Buenos Aires.      
                         

        
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      CROWNED SLATY FLYCATCHER: Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus   

  It poses high, visible sites. Visiting summer. Inhabitant of low forest.

      
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        STREAKED FLYCATCHER: Myiodynastes maculatus  

   


     Visiting summer.  Inhabits rainforests.
 

                                              
          In the nest                       Nest                         Sound                          Sonogram                       Videos

        BLACK-BACKED WATER-TYRANT: Fluvicola albiventer 

   Wet environment

        MASKED WATER-TYRANT: Fluvicola nengeta 

  It inhabits aquatic environments with vegetation, mangroves, muddy waters, etc.. In our country, was found in the Provincial Park Esmeralda, Misiones province.

        WHITE-HEADED MARSH-TYRANT: Arundinicola leucocephala  


        It inhabits aquatic environments of northern Argentina.

    The photographs were taken in Reserve Provincial Iberá, Corrientes province.
 

        MANY-COLOURED RUCH-TYRANT: Tachuris rubrigastra    

       
   
      It inhabits aquatic environments with vegetation.



  

                
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        CATTLE TYRANT: Machetornis rixosus 

 Inhabits  open areas, rural and urban ambient.
 

                                                 
                    Sound                                          Video

      YELLOW-BROWED TYRANT: Satrapa icterophrys 
   
       
 
   Inhabits  scrubland and jungle.

         
                                                  Nest with egg

                   
                    Sound

             GREAT KISKADEE: Pitangus sulphuratus 

   

      Inhabits diverse environments throughout the country
 

  

                                                                                                                                                 
                                                         
                      Sound                       Video                           Nest                            Eggs

       BOAT-BILLED FLYCATCHER: Megarhynchus pitangua   

  

     It inhabits forests in Misiones. Visiting summer.

 

     The photographs were taken in Yacutinga Lodge, www.yacutinga.com, Andresito, Misiones province. 

           
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     SOCIAL FLYCATCHER: Myiozetetes similis   
 
   
  It inhabits forests in Misiones.
 

     The photographs were taken in the Parque Provincial Urugua-i, Misiones province.

                                                                         
                   Sound                                   Sonograma                             Video

        THREE-STRIPED FLYCATCHER: Conopias trivirgata 

   Inhabits jungles of the northeast.

                                                      

     The photographs were taken in the Cruce Caballero Provincial Park, Misiones province.
 

        TROPICAL KINGBIRD: Tyrannus melancholicus 
  
        Visiting summer. It inhabits rural environments of central and northern Argentina.

                      

                                     
               Sound                           Videos

        FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER: Tyrannus sabana   

   
         Visiting summer. It inhabits steppe, grassland, scrub.

 

                                                          
                    Sound                            Sonogram                      Videos
 

        SIRYSTES: Sirystes sibilator

  Inhabitant of high stratum in jungles of Misiones.  

                                              

The photographs were taken in the reserve Yaguaroundí, www.yaguaruondi.com.ar , Misiones province.

                              
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      SWAINSON'S FLYCATCHER: Myiarchus swainsoni 

    Inhabitant of low forest of central and northern Argentina.

        SHORT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER: Myiarchus ferox 

    It inhabits the Northeast of our country can reach the coast of the Uruguay River to the north to the Buenos Aires province.
 

       DUSKY-CAPPED FLICATCHER: Myiarchus tuberculifer

    It inhabits forests of the northeastern and northwestern Argentina.
 

     Photographs taken in Reserva Los Sosa, Tucumán province.
 

        SOUTHERN SCRUB-FLYCATCHER: Sublegatus modestus      
 

 It inhabits forests of central and northern Argentina.



    

                                                              
               Sound                        Sonogram                                  Video
 

        SUIRIRÍ FLYCATCHER: Suiriri suiriri

     Inhabits forests of central and northern Argentina.

 
                        
                                                                                                                         Sound                 Sonogram

        CLIFF FLYCATCHER: Hirundinea ferruginea

   It inhabits the mountainous area of central and northern Argentina. Forests, jungles and Quebradas.

   The photographs were taken in Yavi, Jujuy province and Ascochinga and to the Sierras de Pocho, Córdoba province.

                           
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      STREAK-THROATED BUSH-TYRANT: Myiotheretes striaticollis

    It inhabits forests and Yungas.

    The photographs were taken in Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala, Jujuy province.

       PATAGONIAN TYRANT: Colorhamphus parvirostris

 Inhabits Patagonian Forest.  

              

                               
                                                                                                                  Sound
The photographs were taken in the Lanin National Park, Neuquen province.
                

        BRAN-COLOURED FLYCATCHER: Myiophobus fasciatus   

 

  Inhabits low forest and scrub.

 

                       
                       Sound
 

        YELLOW-OLIVE FLYCATCHER: Tolmomyias sulphurescens  

    Inhabits yungas and jungles of northern Argentina

 The photographs were taken in Guaycolec, Formosa province and reserve Yaguaroundí, www.yaguaruondi.com.ar , Misiones province.


 

     Photographs taken in Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala, Jujuy province.

        WHITE-THROATED SPADEBILL: Platyrinchus mystaceus 

           

  It inhabits forests in northeastern Argentina.

 

               

   The photographs were taken in Parque Provincial Urugua-i, Misiones province.

         GREATER WAGTAIL-TYRANT: Stigmatura budytoides      


  Inhabits  scrubland.

 

                                         
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       YELLOW TYRANNULET: Capsiempis flaveola
 

     Inhabits  forests in Misiones.

                   

    The photographs were taken in Parque Provincial Urugua-i, Misiones province.      

        
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       EULER'S FLYCATCHER: Lathrotriccus euleri  

     lt inhabits lowland forests in the northeast.

       FUSCOUS FLYCATCHER: Cnemotriccus fuscatus  

       Similar to EULER'S FLYCATCHER  in color, habits and environments you frequent. Somewhat larger. Passive.
   Whitish eyebrow.

                     

Photographs obtained on the Path Macuco, Parque Nacional Iguazú, Misiones province.

  DRAB-BREASTED BAMBOO TYRANT: Hemitriccus diops   

   Inhabits lower strata in humid forests in Misiones.

 The photographs were taken in the reserve Yaguaroundí, www.yaguaruondi.com.ar , and Parque Provincial Urugua-i, Misiones province.
 

        OCHRE-FACED TODY-FLYCATCHER: Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps  

   Inhabits lower strata and Yungas forests in the northeast and northwest Argentina.

    The photographs were taken in th reserve Yaguaroundí, www.yaguaruondi.com.ar , Misiones province.
 

        PEARLY-VENTED TODY-TYRANT: Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer  
      
                 
   

    It inhabits lowland forests.
 

           

                         
                     Sound
 

        MOTTLE-CHEEKED TYRANNULET: Phylloscartes ventralis   
   
        It inhabits lowland forests of central and northern Argentina.

         ROUGH-LEGGED TYRANNULET: Phyllomyias burmeisteri

   
       
    It inhabits forests and Yungas. Green. Maxilla curve. Jaw cinnamon.

       TAWNY-CROWNED PYGMY-TYRANT: Euscarthmus meloryphus    

   
    It inhabits forests and forest-type chaqueño.


                

     Photographs taken to see River Gualeguay, in Entre Rios province.

                    
                        Sound

      SHARP-TAILED GRASS-TYRANT: Culicivora caudacuta     
   
 
  Inhabits northeastern Argentina, arriving on the coast to southern Santa Fe and Entre Rios.
Illustration by Maria Gabriela Arancio.
   

        BEARDED TACHURÍ: Polysticus pectoralis 

   
  
  It inhabits damp areas of central and northeastern Argentina.

     

             The photographs were taken in Necochea, Buenos Aires province, for Ricardo Doumecq Milieu

        VERMILION FLYCATCHER: Pyrocephalus rubinus 

   It inhabits lowland forests and rural areas.
 

                   
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        WARBLING DORADITO: Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris  

    Inhabits scrub and wetlands.

          SUBTROPICAL DORADITO: Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis  

    Inhabiting wetlands mountain in central and northwestern Argentina, having been found recently in the central area of the country.

          CRESTED DORADITO: Pseudocolopteryx sclateri

    It inhabits wetlands in the northeast.

       SOOTY TYRANNULET: Serpophaga nigricans  

             Aquatic environment and bushland.

      WHITE-CRESTED TYRANNULET: Serpophaga subcristata 

   
   
      Inhabits forests, steppes and rural areas.



     

                              
                Sound                                       Sonogram                  

     WHITE-BELLIED TYRANNULET: Serpophaga munda  

   It inhabits forests and open areas in the west of Argentina.

The photographs were taken in the Reserve Provincial "Monte de las Barrancas" y "Reserva Hídrica La Quebrada",
Córdoba province.

      GREY CRESTED TYRANNULET: Serpophaga griseicapilla

     


   It inhabits forests and matorrales. Visitante winter.
 

                                   
                Sound                      Sonogram

        YELLOW-BILLED TIT-TYRANT: Anairetes flavirostris   

    It inhabits forests and savannahs shrub west of our country, reaching the coastal zone pampeana and in the fall.

    Photographs taken north of the city of Santa Fe.

         TUFTED TIT-TYRANT: Anairetes parulus   

   
   
 It inhabits forests and shrub steppes of Patagonia and the Andes.
 

    The photographs were taken in the Tierra del Fuego National Park, Los Alerces National Park
and Tilcara, Jujuy province.

       WHITE-THROATED TYRANNULET: Mecocerculus leucophrys 

   Inhabitant of the Yungas.

           
    Picture taken in the Reserva Los Sosa, Tucumán province and Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala, Jujuy province.

            
             Sound

         HIGHLAND ELAENIA: Elaenia obscura  

     Jungles of northern Argentina.

     The photographs were taken in the Potrero de Yala Provincial Park, Jujuy province.         

        LARGE ELAENIA: Elaenia spectabilis

    Forests of central and northern Argentina.

            
                   Sound
 

       YELLOW-BELLIED ELAENIA: Elaenia flavogaster 

     It inhabits forests and savannas of northern Argentina.

    Picture taken in the Reserva Provincial Iberá, Corrientes province.
 

         WHITE-CRESTED ELAENIA: Elaenia albiceps

     

        It inhabits forests, scrub, rural areas.

 

               
                   Sound

         SMALL-BILLED ELAENIA: Elaenia parvirostris     

It inhabits forests, jungles and steppes.

 

  
  
            
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        SEPIA-CAPPED FLYCATCHER: Leptopogon amaurocephalus 

   Inhabits lower strata of Yungas and jungles in northeastern and northwestern Argentina.

            The photographs were taken in Puerto Panambí, Misiones province.
 

       SOUTHERN BEARDLESS-TYRANNULET: Camptostoma obsoletum  

    It inhabits forests and jungles of central and northern Argentina.

                                               
                                Sound                                   Sonogram

        EARED PYGMY-TYRANT: Myiornis auricularis  

It inhabits forests in Misiones.     

Picture taken in Yacutinga Lodge, www.yacutinga.com, Misiones province.

        SCLATER´S TYRANNULET: Phyllomyias sclateri

   It inhabits forests of the northwestern Argentina.
 

     Picture taken in Reserva Los Sosa, Tucumán province and Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala, Jujuy province.