Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Sharp-tailed Tyrant (Culicivora caudacuta) - HBW 9, p. 287
French: Tyranneau à queue aiguë
German: Spitzschwanz-Grastyrann
Spanish: Tachurí Coludo
Other common names: Sharp-tailed Grass-tyrant
Taxonomy: Muscicapa caudacuta Vieillot, 1818, Paraguay.
Affinities uncertain, and genus often treated as incertae sedis, because of unusual plumage and tail feathers, presence of only ten rectrices, and non-exaspidean tarsi. Probably related to Polystictus on basis of similarities in plumage, bill morphology, behaviour and habitat. Monotypic.
Distribution: Locally in E Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz), C & S Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, C Goiás, and S Bahia S to São Paulo and W Paraná), E Paraguay and N Argentina (S to Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Corrientes).
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A male flying from one twig to another one Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Guto Carvalho 31 October 2007 5 years ago 15 sec 4.1 -
A bird calling Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2004 8 years ago 30 sec 4 -
A bird perched Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2004 8 years ago 12 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched on a stem and flying away Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2004 8 years ago 30 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched on a stem Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2004 8 years ago 36 sec 3.7 -
A bird on a stem, stretching its wings Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2004 8 years ago 29 sec 3.4
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A bird on a branch.
Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 27 September 2006 4 years ago 4 -
A pair perched on branches.
Locality Bom Jesus, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 29 November 2012 11 weeks ago 3.7 -
An individual perched in tall grass.,
Locality Campo Belo do Sul, Santa Catarina State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Adrian Eisen Rupp 2 March 2011 1 year ago 3.2
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various different calls Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Jeremy Minns 30 October 2002 3 years ago 0
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