Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant

Muscisaxicola capistratus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesGrasslandCavity nestSmall · 27 g

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The cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant is 16.5 to 18 cm (6.5 to 7.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a black forecrown and a bright rufous-chestnut mid- and hindcrown. Their face, nape, and upperparts are dusky gray or brownish gray. Their wings are dusky with pale white edges on the flight feathers. Their tail is black with whitish edges on the outer webs of the outermost feathers. Their throat is whitish, their breast grayish buff, and their belly cinnamon-rufous or rufous-buff that is darker on the flanks and vent area. Voice: As of April 2025 xeno-canto had seven recordings of cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant vocalizations, all by a single recordist in Argentina on January 20, 2002. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library had five including one of the xeno-canto recordings. The species' vocalizations include a "high-pitched wee tee, wee tee tee and wee tee tee tee longer weetee weetee weeteewee wee wee".

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When to see the Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant

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Where to see the Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant

The cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru and as a vagrant to Brazil.

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