Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Masked Water-tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) - HBW 9, p. 388
French: Moucherolle aquatique
German: Graurücken-Wassertyrann
Spanish: Viudita Enmascarada
Other common names: Ecuadorian Water-tyrant (atripennis)
Taxonomy: [Lanius] Nengeta L innaeus, 1766, Brazil.
Races geographically very remote from each other, sometimes suggested as representing two distinct species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- atripennis P. L. Sclater, 1860 - W Ecuador (S from Esmeraldas) S to extreme NW Peru.
- nengeta (Linnaeus, 1766) - E Brazil from Maranhão E to Rio Grande do Norte, S to Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, preening and calling Locality Araruama, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp nengeta)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2005 4 years ago 36 sec 4.8 -
A bird displaying near its nest Locality Río Palenque Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp atripennis)
Robert Schaefer 18 February 2007 3 years ago 19 sec 4.8 -
A bird near the water and on the ground Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp nengeta)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 4 years ago 13 sec 4.5 -
A chick in a nest being fed repeatedly by the adults Locality Araruama, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp nengeta)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2005 4 years ago 36 sec 4.5 -
A well-grown chick in a nest, preening and being fed by the two adults Locality Araruama, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp nengeta)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2005 4 years ago 41 sec 4.4 -
An adult on the ground, looking for food, calling and scratching the head Locality Araruama, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp nengeta)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2005 4 years ago 41 sec 4.3
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On the ground
Locality San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Libor Vaicenbacher 13 December 2008 2 years ago 4.3 -
Foraging on a lawn
Locality Caraça Monastery, Caraça National Park, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Ian Barker 16 June 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Bird resting
Locality Itamonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Helmut Schumann 5 August 2008 2 years ago 4 -
A bird walking on grass
Locality Campos do Jordao, São Paulo State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 27 August 2010 12 weeks ago 3.7 -
Foraging on a lawn
Locality Caraça Monastery, Caraça National Park, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Ian Barker 16 June 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
An adult perched on a rock
Locality Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
David Hollie 1 year ago 3.2
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typical calls of a bird on the ground Locality Río Palenque Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp atripennis)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 17 January 2010 2 years ago 3
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