Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant
Muscisaxicola capistratus
The Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola capistratus) is a rare tyrant flycatcher found in 4 countries, weighing about 27 g. The cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.
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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How to identify it
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".
Where it lives
When to see it
Best months: January, February, March, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in November. It is a summer visitor species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant?
- The cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant is 16.5 to 18 cm (6.5 to 7.1 in) long. Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant?
- The Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant is a small sized bird weighing about 27 g.
- Where can you see a Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant?
- The Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant occurs in 4 countries, including Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru.
- What birds look similar to a Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant?
- The Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant is most easily confused with the Paramo Ground Tyrant, the Ochre-naped Ground Tyrant and the Puna Ground Tyrant.
- Is the Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant endangered?
- The Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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