Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Spot-billed Ground-tyrant (Muscisaxicola maculirostris) - HBW 9, p. 399
French: Dormilon à bec maculé
German: Schnabelfleck-Grundtyrann
Spanish: Dormilona Chica
Taxonomy: M[uscisaxicola] maculirostris d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, La Paz, Bolivia.
Usually considered closely allied with M. fluviatilis; recent phylogenetic work, however, does not suggest so close a relationship. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- niceforoi J. T. Zimmer, 1947 - N part of E Andes of Colombia.
- rufescens Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 - Ecuador.
- maculirostris d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 - breeds Peru, Bolivia, Chile and W Argentina (Jujuy S to Santa Cruz); S populations migrate N.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding along the edge of a track Locality Santa Eulalia Valley, Lima Department, Peru (ssp maculirostris)
Keith Blomerley 18 May 2003 4 years ago 23 sec 3.6
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A bird feeding on praire.
Locality Putre, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile
Patricio Mackenzie 19 August 2011 38 weeks ago 3.6 -
A bird feeding on praire.
Locality Putre, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile
Patricio Mackenzie 19 August 2011 38 weeks ago 3.5 -
Individual on a rock.
Locality El Yeso, Chile
Miriam Bauman 8 February 2012 12 weeks ago 3.4 -
on a bush
Locality Torres del Paine National Park, Magallanes Region, Chile
oleicfrisbee 50 weeks ago 2.4 -
perched
Locality Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp rufescens)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 24 October 2007 2 years ago 2
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Display flight Locality Meseta Lago Strobel, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Nacho Areta 1 December 2008 2 years ago 2
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