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Freirinha(White-headed Marsh Tyrant)

Arundinicola leucocephala

Photo by CassioCorradi
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Field Notes

Description:

The male is almost all black with only her head and a white throat. The female has brown-gray upper parts, the whitish lower and only the white forehead. The young are gray. The tail is small compared to the relatively large head. It weighs 14 g and has a length of 14 cm.

Habitat:

It occurs in almost all of Brazil, except in the southwestern Amazon region.

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PublishedSeptember 28, 2014

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