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Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant
Agriornis montanus (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant, Agriornis montanus, is a passerine of the Tyrannidae family that lives in South America from Colombia to Chile and Argentina. It is an open-country bird of high elevations, using grassland, farmland with scattered shrubs and trees, the margins of Polylepis woodland, Puna grassland, rocky slopes, cliffs, villages and isolated buildings. It is usually found between 2,500 and 4,500 m, though it can occur lower in some places and rarely at sea level in Chile. It has a hooked black bill and blackish legs and feet, and the sexes look alike.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: Colombia to Chile and Argentina
