Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant

Muscipipra vetula

The Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant (Muscipipra vetula) is a 27 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

27 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

2

Recorded in Brazil, Argentina.

Where to see it: PE Intervales (Brazil); Floresta Estadual Edmundo Navarro de Andrade (Brazil).

Photo: (c) Dan Riley, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist