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SOUTHERN BRISTLE-TYRANT Pogonotriccus eximius NEAR THREATENED ATLANTIC FOREST
In the Atlantic forests of southern Paraguay the rare Southern Bristle-Tyrant is perhaps easier to see than anywhere else on earth. He´s a miniscule little creature, superficially similar to a lot of other small yellowish forest tyrants, but thanks to that distinctive head pattern you´re not likely to confuse him!
FIGURE 1 - Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 2 - Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel October 2004 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3 - Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 4 - Same individual upperwing showing moulted central tail feathers (Paul Smith February - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
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Pogonotriccus eximius call recorded Estancia Kanguery, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel January 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.