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Spot-billed Ground Tyrant
Muscisaxicola maculirostris d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Spot-billed Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola maculirostris, is a tyrant flycatcher of South America, breeding from Colombia south through Chile and Argentina. It is a bird of open, sparsely covered country, often on rocky slopes, and it also uses dry agricultural land and other near-arid landscapes. The species has three subspecies, with the nominate form ranging through the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, while the others are more local in Colombia and Ecuador. It is also recorded as a vagrant in Brazil. The sexes look alike, and the bill has a noticeable yellow to orange-yellow base.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: Colombia to Chile and Argentina
