Dark-faced Ground-tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus)

Other Scientific Names
Muscisaxicola macloviana [BirdLife International (2004)], Muscisaxicola macloviana [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Muscisaxicola macloviana [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Garnot, 1829)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry and temperate grassland. From sea-level - 1,200 m, occasionally up to 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Peru, Uruguay (NB).

Vagrant to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Dark-faced Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus) [XC89724]
by id from Garibaldi Pass, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (call)

Dark-faced Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus) [XC89721]
by Andrew Spencer from Garibaldi Pass, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (song?)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

mentalis d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 - Southern Chile (Llanquihue south to Cape Horn) and southern Argentina (Neuqu�n and R��o Negro south to Tierra del Fuego). Winters north to northern Peru, north-eastern Argentina and Uruguay.
maclovianus (Garnot, 1829) - Falkand Is.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Dark-faced Ground-tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus) - 10 files

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