Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Spot-billed Ground Tyrant

Muscisaxicola maculirostris

The Spot-billed Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maculirostris) is a 14 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

14 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia.

Where to see it: Humedal Lucre-Huacarpay (Peru); Río Lluta · Desembocadura (Chile).

Photo: (c) Ezequiel Vera, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist