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WHITE-HEADED MARSH-TYRANT Fluvicola leucocephala
As you might expect this is a marsh-dwelling tyrant with a white head! Well this applies to the male at least, a stunning little bird that perches high on reed stems in densely-vegetated wetlands. His bicoloured plumage renders him visible from a long distance, but the female is more muted in colouration and less of a show-off. She tends to skulk about within vegetation and it is that bit harder to get a proper look at her!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE495PH) Adult male, Arroyos y Esteros km100, Departamento Cordillera (Paul Smith November 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE496PH) Adult male, Isla Yacyretá, Departamento Misiones (Sylvia Centrón November 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE497PH) Adult male, Laguna Flora, Departamento Ñeembucú (Arne Lesterhuis June 2004).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE498PH) Adult female ventral, Arroyos y Esteros, Departamento Cordillera (Jerry Cooper April 2009).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE499PH) Adult female ventral, Laguna Flora, Departamento Ñeembucú (Arne Lesterhuis June 2004).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE2808PH) Adult female dorsal, Arroyos y Esteros, Departamento Cordillera (Paul Smith July 2011).
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