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Hudson's black tyrant is about 15 to 15.5 cm (5.9 to 6.1 in) long. Adult males are almost entirely shiny black. Their wings have a wide white band on the inner webs of the primaries that is very conspicuous in flight but usually hidden when perched. They also has some whitish on the lower flanks. Adult females have a mostly grayish brown head and upperparts with a rufous rump and basal half of the tail. The rest of the tail is grayish brown with a blackish band across the end. Their wings are dusky with buff tips on the coverts that show as two wing bars.
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When to see the Hudson's Black Tyrant
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Hudson's Black Tyrant
The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 3 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.
About the Hudson's Black Tyrant
Hudson's black tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and as a vagrant to Brazil and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Plumbeous TyrantKnipolegus cabanisiThe plumbeous tyrant is 14.5 to 16.5 cm (5.7 to 6.5 in) long.
Amazonian Black TyrantKnipolegus poecilocercusThe Amazonian black tyrant is about 12.7 to 13.5 cm (5.0 to 5.3 in) long and weighs about 14 g (0.49 oz).
Riverside TyrantKnipolegus orenocensisThe riverside tyrant is 15 to 15.5 cm (5.9 to 6.1 in) long and weighs 18 to 21 g (0.63 to 0.74 oz).
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