Dark-faced Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus)
About the Dark-faced Ground Tyrant
The dark-faced ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus) is a small passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, the Falkland Islands, possibly in Ecuador, and as a vagrant to Brazil. The dark-faced ground tyrant was originally described as Sylvia macloviana, placing it with the Old World warblers. It was eventually moved to genus Muscisaxicola which had been erected in 1837. Because that genus is masculine the specific epithet was changed to follow the rules of binomial nomenclature. The dark-faced ground tyrant has two subspecies, the nominate M. m. macloviana (Garnot, 1826) and M. m. mentalis (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837).
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Chile in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- White-browed Ground TyrantMuscisaxicola albilorarecording
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