Bearded Tachuri (Polystictus pectoralis)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
9.70 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Habitat
Grassland, with varying amounts of shrubby vegetation, with the presence or proximity of water apparently an important factor. From sea-level - 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (B), Bolivia (B), Brazil (B), Colombia (B), French Guiana (B), Guyana (B), Paraguay (B), Suriname (B), Uruguay (B), Venezuela (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation due to conversion to agriculture is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Bearded Tachuri (Polystictus pectoralis) [XC74390]
by Chris Parrish from Iracoubo, savane Trou Poissons, French Guiana (?)

Bearded Tachuri (Polystictus pectoralis) [XC6177]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from 32 km W Santa Elena de Uair\u00e9n, Bol\u00edvar, Venezuela (short rattles.)

Subspecies
Was for long treated in a separate genus, Habrura. Relationship with Grey-backed Tachuri (Polystictus superciliaris) needs confirmation. Subspecies bogotensis (possibly extinct) probably merits rank of full species.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

bogotensis (Chapman, 1915) - Very local in temperate zone in Cundinimarca (savannas of Bogot�) and Valle (upper Dagua Valley), in Colombia.
brevipennis (von Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902) - Eastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and northern Brazil (Roraima, Amap�, western Par�).
pectoralis (Vieillot, 1817) - Eastern Bolivia (Santa Cruz), southern Brazil (locally from Mato Grosso south to Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, northern Argentina (south to Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires) and Uruguay.

References
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Files:

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