Species profile
Dark-faced Ground-tyrant
Muscisaxicola maclovianus
Quick answer
is a migratory species that breeds in southern Chile and Argentina and overwinters in northern Peru, northeastern Argentina and Uruguay (Farnsworth & Langham, 2004 f). In Brazil, there is one record for the Lagoa do Peixe National Park / RS in May (Schwertner et al., 2011) that is linked to seven photographs, and two other photographic records for Rio Grande / RS in June (WikiAves, 2016).
- Scientific name
- Muscisaxicola maclovianus
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Muscisaxicola
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Tyrannidae
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Acre Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus cohnhafti)
- Agile Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes agilis)
- Agriornis andicola (Agriornis andicola)
- Alagoas Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ceciliae)
- Alder/willow Flycatcher (traill's Flycatcher) (Empidonax alnorum)
- Amazonian Black-Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilocercus)
- Amazonian Inezia (Inezia subflava)