Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Bearded Tachuri (Polystictus pectoralis) - HBW 9, p. 288
French: Tyranneau barbu
German: Streifenkinn-Grastyrann
Spanish: Tachurí Barbado
Taxonomy: Sylvia pectoralis Vieillot, 1817, Paraguay.
Was for long treated in a separate genus, Habrura; relationship with P. superciliaris needs confirmation. Race bogotensis (possibly extinct) probably merits rank of full species. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bogotensis (Chapman, 1915) - very local in temperate zone in Cundinimarca (savannas of Bogotá) and Valle (upper Dagua Valley), in Colombia.
- brevipennis (Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902) - E Colombia, S Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and N Brazil (Roraima, Amapá, W Pará).
- pectoralis (Vieillot, 1817) - E Bolivia (Santa Cruz), S Brazil (locally from Mato Grosso S to Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, N Argentina (S to Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires) and Uruguay.
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A male perching on barbed wire Locality General Lavalle, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp pectoralis)
German Pugnali 18 October 2008 6 weeks ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A bird perched on canes Locality Itirapina, São Paulo State, Brazil (ssp pectoralis)
Josep del Hoyo 7 January 2005 6 years ago 37 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched and flying away Locality Itirapina, São Paulo State, Brazil (ssp pectoralis)
Josep del Hoyo 7 January 2005 6 years ago 16 sec 4.3 -
One adult male perched. Locality Itirapina, São Paulo State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 4 November 2012 28 weeks ago 15 sec 3.8 -
A male holding territory on a shrubby field near a road side. Locality General Lavalle, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp pectoralis)
German Pugnali 1 November 2012 14 weeks ago 23 sec 3 -
A female perched on the top of a Eryingium sp, opening and closing its wings rapidly. Locality Quebracho, Paysandú Department, Uruguay (ssp pectoralis )
Nacho Areta 15 January 2007 4 years ago 17 sec 2
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Pampa tiny - eating female giving a moth, one of their three chicks, who grew up alongside a rural road.
Locality Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Juan Maria Raggio 1 March 2008 2 years ago 4.6 -
Singing adult while perched in a shrub, grassland savannah. 3 photos in one second.
Locality Itirapina Ecological Station, Itirapina, São Paulo State, Brazil (ssp pectoralis)
José Carlos Motta-Junior 26 November 2009 11 weeks ago 3.7 -
Adult singing while perched on a shrub, grassland savannah, early morning. 3 shots in one second.
Locality Itirapina Ecological Station, Itirapina, São Paulo State, Brazil (ssp pectoralis)
José Carlos Motta-Junior 27 November 2009 10 weeks ago 3.6 -
An adult perched on a small branch.
Locality Bom Jesus, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil (ssp pectoralis)
Ken Havard 30 November 2012 12 weeks ago 3 -
One adult male perched.
Locality Itirapina, São Paulo State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 4 November 2012 28 weeks ago 3 -
Perdices-Entre Rios-Argentina
Locality Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
Silvia Vitale 9 December 2006 3 years ago 3
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Song while displaying Locality Itirapina, São Paulo State, Brazil
(ssp pectoralis)
Jeremy Minns 20 December 2002 3 years ago 0
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