Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant

About the Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant

The grey-bellied shrike-tyrant (Agriornis micropterus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru, as a migrant or vagrant to Uruguay, and as a vagrant to Brazil.

The grey-bellied shrike-tyrant has two subspecies, the nominate A. m. micropterus (Gould, 1839) and A. m. andecola (d'Orbigny, 1840). The grey-bellied shrike-tyrant is 23 to 24.5 cm (9.1 to 9.6 in) long. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a gray-brown crown, a whitish supercilium, rufous-tinged ear coverts, and black and white streaked cheeks. Their upperparts are gray-brown. Their wings are mostly gray-brown with whitish edges on the secondaries and pale grayish coverts. Their tail is mostly black with narrow white edges on the outer webs of the outer feathers. Their throat is white with heavy black streaks, their breast is pale brown, their flanks are washed with buffy, and their belly is pale gray-brown to whitish. Adult females have dark brown streaks on their throat and are otherwise like males. Juveniles are browner above than adults, with pale cinnamon-brown underparts and... Wikipedia →