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White-rumped Sirystes
Sirystes albocinereus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
White-rumped Sirystes, Sirystes albocinereus, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family in South America, breeding in south Venezuela, east Colombia, east Ecuador, east Peru, west Brazil and north Bolivia. It is a year-round resident. Adults show a black crown with a slight crest, a slate-grey face, and a mottled grey nape and back with a large white rump patch. The wings are blackish, the tail is long and square-tipped, and the underparts shift from pale grey to white. The iris is coffee-brown, the bill black, and the legs and feet blackish.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: sw Venezuela, e Colombia, e Ecuador, e Peru, w Brazil and n Bolivia
