Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant

About the Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant

The cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola capistratus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru and as a vagrant to Brazil. The cinnamon-bellied ground-tyrant was originally described as Ptyonura capistrata. It was eventually moved to genus Muscisaxicola that had been erected in 1837. It was later determined that Muscisaxicola is masculine so the specific epithet's case was changed to conform to binomial nomenclature.

The cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant is monotypic. The cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant is 16.5 to 18 cm (6.5 to 7.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a black forecrown and a bright rufous-chestnut mid- and hindcrown. Their face, nape, and upperparts are dusky gray or brownish gray. Their wings are dusky with pale white edges on the flight feathers. Their tail is black with whitish edges on the outer webs of the outermost feathers. Their throat is whitish, their breast grayish buff, and their belly cinnamon-rufous or rufous-buff that is darker on the flanks and vent area. They have a dark iris, a black bill, and black... Wikipedia →