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Black-crowned Tityra (female)

Tityra inquisitor

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

A medium sized bird with chestnut coloured cheeks and a black crown.. Only the females have red on the face, the males are completely black and white.

Habitat:

Seen at a birding Eco-lodge in NE Costa Rica, near the Nicaraguan border.

Notes:

Found in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest .

Reference Links:

Black-crowned tityra, Overview - Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor) - Neotropical Birds

Species ID Suggestions

Black-crowned Tityra

Tityra inquisitor

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PublishedSeptember 13, 2015

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