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The cinereous ground tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
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The cinereous ground tyrant is 15.5 to 16.5 cm (6.1 to 6.5 in) long. The two subspecies and the sexes have the same shades of gray plumage ("cinereous" means ash-colored). Subspecies M. c. argentinus is slighter larger than the nominate. Adults have a grayish brown crown, dusky lores, and a thin white supercilium to above the eye. Their nape and back are grayish brown. Their wings are a duskier grayish brown with some paler edges on the coverts. Their tail is blackish with thin white edges on the outermost feathers. Their underparts are mostly grayish white with a somewhat whiter belly. Voice: As of April 2025 xeno-canto had only one recording of a cinereous ground tyrant vocalization; the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library had seven including the xeno-canto one. Its song has not been described; its call is "a soft pip repeated at intervals".
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Puna Ground TyrantMuscisaxicola juninensisThe puna ground tyrant is 16 to 16.5 cm (6.3 to 6.5 in) long.
White-fronted Ground TyrantMuscisaxicola albifronsThe white-fronted ground tyrant is the largest member of its genus at 21.5 to 24 cm (8.5 to 9.4 in) long.
Black-fronted Ground TyrantMuscisaxicola frontalisThe black-fronted ground tyrant is 16.5 to 19 cm (6.5 to 7.5 in) long.
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