Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
White-headed Marsh-tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala) - HBW 9, p. 388
French: Moucherolle à tête blanche
German: Weißkopf-Wassertyrann
Spanish: Viudita Cabeciblanca
Taxonomy: Pipra leucocephala Linnaeus, 1764, Surinam.
Genus related to Fluvicola and sometimes merged with it; anatomical evidence and behaviour, however, suggest that separate generic treatment is more appropriate. Monotypic.
Distribution: N & E Colombia and N & C Venezuela E to Trinidad and the Guianas, S irregularly to E Ecuador, NE Peru, N & E Bolivia, N Argentina, Paraguay and SE Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male calling once and flicking the tail Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 11 sec 4.8 -
A female preening and flicking its tail Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 31 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of a female, close to the water Locality Trinidad, Beni Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 September 2005 5 years ago 20 sec 4.5 -
A male catching an insect in flight over water and eating it Locality Trinidad, Beni Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 September 2005 5 years ago 22 sec 4.3 -
A male joined by a female Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 18 weeks ago 35 sec 4.3 -
Two views of a nest and a female next to it Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 22 sec 4.2
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A perched male bird in damp rough grassland (grazed by domestic Water Buffalo hybrids).
Locality Aripo Livestock Station, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 1 May 2006 2 years ago 4.3 -
a female perched in Mayaro
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 10 July 2011 46 weeks ago 4.1 -
Foraging along the edge of a stream.
Locality El Paujil Natural Reserve, Colombia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 29 January 2010 22 weeks ago 4 -
a female on a perch at La Vega,Couva
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 11 March 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Male adult.
Locality Yiyi marshes, Sinnamary, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 3 February 2008 1 year ago 4 -
A male on a branch.
Locality Transpantaneira Road, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 14 August 2005 3 years ago 4
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