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The grey-bellied shrike-tyrant is 23 to 24.5 cm (9.1 to 9.6 in) long. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a gray-brown crown, a whitish supercilium, rufous-tinged ear coverts, and black and white streaked cheeks. Their upperparts are gray-brown. Their wings are mostly gray-brown with whitish edges on the secondaries and pale grayish coverts. Their tail is mostly black with narrow white edges on the outer webs of the outer feathers. Voice: The grey-bellied shrike-tyrant is mostly silent. Males chasing another give "high-pitched petulant calls". In the breeding season they make a "high-pitched whistle".
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When to see the Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant
The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.
About the Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant
The grey-bellied shrike-tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru, as a migrant or vagrant to Uruguay, and as a vagrant to Brazil.
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Easily confused with
Lesser Shrike-TyrantAgriornis murinusThe lesser shrike-tyrant is 16 to 18.5 cm (6.3 to 7.3 in) long.
Great Shrike-TyrantAgriornis lividusThe great shrike-tyrant is the largest species of tyrant flycatcher, weighing an average of about 99 g (3.5 oz).
White-tailed Shrike-TyrantAgriornis albicaudaThe white-tailed shrike-tyrant is 25 to 28 cm (9.8 to 11 in) long.
Side by side: Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant vs Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant · Great Shrike-Tyrant vs Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant · Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant vs Lesser Shrike-Tyrant
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