Black-backed Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola albiventer)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Spix, 1825)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist shrubland, inland wetlands. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay (B).

Breeds from north-central and eastern Brazil (lower Amazon region and Maranh�o east to Rio Grande do Norte, southern locally to Mato Grosso do Sul and western S�o Paulo) south to eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina (south to La Rioja, Santa Fe and Buenos Aires) and western Uruguay; also occurs in western Amazonian Brazil, south-eastern Peru and northern Bolivia in non-breeding season.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Black-backed Water Tyrant (Fluvicola albiventer) [XC861468]
by Dante Buzzetti from Barragem de Sobradinho, Casa Nova, Bahia, Brazil (song)

Black-backed Water Tyrant (Fluvicola albiventer) [XC115390]
by Jeremy Minns from Pousada Piuval, Transpantaneira km 12, MT, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

May form a superspecies with Pied Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola pica) and often considered conspecific, but differs in plumage and vocalizations and no intergradation between the two.

References
See References.

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