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Bahia Wagtail-Tyrant
Stigmatura bahiae Chapman, 1926
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Bahia Wagtail-Tyrant, Stigmatura bahiae, is a passerine of the Tyrannidae family found in south-eastern Brazil, from Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte south to Bahia. It lives in semi-arid caatinga, usually in dense, brushy growth of low stature, and only seldom in more open places. It is a resident bird. The sexes look alike, and adults show a pale yellow supercilium, a dark eye-line, warm brown upperparts, and a long dusky tail with white markings. It was first described by Chapman in 1926.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: se Brazil (Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte south to s Bahia)
