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SHARP-TAILED GRASS-TYRANT Culicivora caudacuta VULNERABLE
A tiddly little tyrant with a long, pointed tail this species can still be quite numerous in areas of natural, undisturbed grassland. It can be surprisingly hard to see perched midway up grass stems (not at the top) as they blow in the wind. The broad white supercilium is perhaps the most obvious field mark.
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FIGURE 1 - Pair, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008):
FIGURE 2 - Adult lateral, Yacyreta, Departamento Misiones (Arne Lesterhuis August 2007).
FIGURE 3 - Same individual ventral (Arne Lesterhuis August 2007).
FIGURE 4 - Same individual dorsal (Arne Lesterhuis August 2007).
FIGURE 5 - Adult, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 6 - Same individual as Figs 2-4 upperwing (Arne Lesterhuis August 2007).
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Culicivora caudacuta calls by pair following playback recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett November 1997).
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