Bahia Wagtail-Tyrant

Stigmatura bahiae

Least ConcernRareEndemicInvertebratesShrublandCup nestTiny · 10 g

About the Bahia Wagtail-Tyrant

The Bahia wagtail-tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to eastern Brazil.

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The Bahia wagtail-tyrant is 13 cm (5.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage; males are slightly larger than females. Adults have a thin pale yellow supercilium and a dark line through the eye on an otherwise pale yellowish face. Their crown and upperparts are warm brownish. Their wings are dusky with wide white edges on the innermost flight feathers and the coverts; the last show as a large white patch on the closed wing. Their tail is long and dusky. Voice: The Bahia wagtail-tyrant sings from a perch in small bushes and mainly in the early morning and late afternoon. It sings "a lively rollicking asynchronous duet, one bird uttering a descending rattle, the other uttering repeatedly three melodious notes". The rattle has six to 10 descending notes at a fast pace.

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Where it lives

Regular range

When to see it

Peak activity in January · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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