Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Agriornis (2 species, 5 worldwide)


White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant
White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis albicauda albicauda) Vulnerable
Cruz Conga, Peru  
   
Photograph by Robert Lewis   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant
Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis montanus insolens)
Colca Canyon, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note thin pale brow, slightly smaller size, possibly light-colored iris, and smaller thinner bill, when in range of the much rarer White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant. Both have white tails. Found in open areas at high elevations.
Back view.


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