Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Brazil
Identification & Behavior: ~14.5 cm (5.7 in). The Masked Water-Tyrant is mostly white with black wings and tail. It has a distinctive black mask/striped through the eye. The mantle is gray. The tail has a white terminal band. It forages often in pairs on the muddy edges of bodies of water. It does not overlap with the superficially similar Black-backed Water-Tyrant.
Status: The Masked Water-Tyrant is uncommon and restricted to extreme northwest Peru in Tumbes. It also occurs in Ec and Br.
Name in Spanish: Tirano-de-Agua Enmascarado.
Sub-species: Masked Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta atripennis), P. L. Sclater, 1860.
Meaning of Name: Fluvicola: L. fluvius, fluvii= river and cola, colere= dweller, to inhabit. nengeta: Tupí name Guirá nheengetá= a whispering bird, for an unknown thrush-like bird.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.