Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Masked Water Tyrant

Fluvicola nengeta

The Masked Water Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) is a 21 g wetland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

21 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay.

Where to see it: Floresta Estadual Edmundo Navarro de Andrade (Brazil); Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary (Ecuador); PE Intervales (Brazil); Gran Asunción · Parque Guasu Metropolitano (Paraguay); PN Iguazú · Área Cataratas (Argentina).

Photo: (c) Helio Lourencini, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist