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The white-winged black tyrant is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long. Adult males of the nominate subspecies are almost entirely shiny black. Their wings have a wide white band on the inner webs of the primaries and secondaries that is very conspicuous in flight but usually hidden when perched. Adult females have a mostly grayish brown head and upperparts with a slightly darker crown, whitish mottling on the face and lores, and a bright cinnamon-rufous rump.
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When to see the White-winged Black Tyrant
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-winged Black Tyrant
The map shades 4 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 Chile.
About the White-winged Black Tyrant
The white-winged black tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and as a vagrant to Brazil and Chile.
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Easily confused with
Crested Black TyrantKnipolegus lophotesThe crested black tyrant is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long.
Blue-billed Black TyrantKnipolegus cyanirostrisThe blue-billed black tyrant is 14.5 to 15 cm (5.7 to 5.9 in) long.
Velvety Black TyrantKnipolegus nigerrimusThe velvety black tyrant is 17.5 to 18 cm (6.9 to 7.1 in) long.
Side by side: Crested Black Tyrant vs White-winged Black Tyrant · Blue-billed Black Tyrant vs White-winged Black Tyrant
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