Birds of Colombia

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Inezia (3 species, 4 worldwide)


Pale-tipped Inezia
Pale-tipped Inezia (Inezia caudata intermedia)
Los Besotes, Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia
  Note white eye and pale tip of tail.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Amazonian Inezia
Amazonian Inezia (Inezia subflava)
Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

Found near flooded areas or on river islands.

Slender-billed Inezia
Slender-billed Inezia (Inezia tenuirostris)
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A tiny bird found in northern deserts looking for worms in twisted tree branches. Bill can be black (adult?) or flesh-colored.
From back.


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