Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Puna Ground Tyrant

Muscisaxicola juninensis

The Puna Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola juninensis) is a 22 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

22 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Peru, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Humedal Lucre-Huacarpay (Peru).

Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist