Short-tailed Field-tyrant (Muscigralla brevicauda)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Chile, Ecuador, Peru.

South-western Ecuador (Manab�� south to Loja), northern and western Peru (Amazonas, and down coast to Tacna) and northern Chile (Arica); one specimen from south-western Colombia (Gorgona I).

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 (11)...)

Short-tailed Field Tyrant (Muscigralla brevicauda) [XC276215]
by Scott Olmstead from Guayas: Trasvase dam ca. 20 km W of Guayaquil, Ecuador (song)

Short-tailed Field Tyrant (Muscigralla) [XC249757]
by John V. Moore from Guayas: Colinas de Engunga, Ecuador (flight song, display flight song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Placed by early authors in Cotingidae or Formicariidae, on basis of tarsal scutes. Affinities within present family unclear. Placed in or near Muscisaxicola by some, but coronal patch, long legs with aberrant scutellation, bare tibia, wing and tail shapes support current monotypic genus.

References
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