White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis albicauda)
About the White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant
The white-tailed shrike-tyrant (Agriornis albicauda) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. The white-tailed shrike-tyrant has a complicated taxonomic history. It was formally described in 1863 as Dasycephala albicauda. What later became its subspecies A. a. pollens had been described in 1860 as Agriornis andicoloa. Soon thereafter andicoloa was discovered to have been used for a subspecies of the grey-bellied shrike tyrant (A. micropterus) so by the principle of priority the new species was renamed A. pollens. That taxon and Dasycephala albicauda were combined in the early twentieth century and again by the principle of priority the species became the present Agriornis albicauda.
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1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Chile, Ecuador, Peru · xeno-canto lists 23 recordings for this species in total.
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- Black-billed Shrike-TyrantAgriornis montanusrecording
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- Grey-bellied Shrike-TyrantAgriornis micropterusprofile
- Lesser Shrike-TyrantAgriornis murinusprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.