Cinereous Tyrant (Knipolegus striaticeps)
About the Cinereous Tyrant
The cinereous tyrant, or cinereous black-tyrant, (Knipolegus striaticeps) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay, and as a vagrant to Brazil. The cinereous tyrant was formally described in 1837 as Muscisaxicola striaticeps. During the first two thirds of the twentieth century it was placed in the monotypic genus Entotriccus but by the 1980s it was placed in its current genus Knipolegus. The cinereous tyrant is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 8 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Riverside TyrantKnipolegus orenocensisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.