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Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola rufivertex)

Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant
Photo: Joseph Smit via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain — free for commercial reuse.

About the Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant

The rufous-naped ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola rufivertex) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. As of April 2025 the rufous-naped ground tyrant's taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC assigns it these four subspecies: M. r. occipitalis Ridgway, 1887 M. r. pallidiceps Hellmayr, 1927 M. r. achalensis Nores & Yzurieta, 1983 M. r. rufivertex d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

Source: Rufous-naped ground tyrant on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 4 recordings for this species: 1 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.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in Chile, Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

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