Masked tityra

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Masked tityra
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Male
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Female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Genus: Tityra
Species:
T. semifasciata
Binomial name
Tityra semifasciata
(Spix, 1825)
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The masked tityra (Tityra semifasciata) is a medium-sized passerine bird. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher family, but evidence strongly suggests that it is better placed in Tityridae, [2] where it is now placed by the South American Classification Committee.

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It is found in forest and woodland from Mexico, through Central America, to northwestern and central South America (as far south as Paraguay).

Measuring 20 cm (7.9 in), [3] it has a black-and-whitish plumage, and a distinct red eye-ring and base of the bill. The mask is black in the male, while it is brownish or greyish in the female. The male resembles the black-tailed tityra, but can be separated by its smaller black face mask (does not include the nape) and white tail-tip.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Tityra semifasciata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22700689A130264515. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22700689A130264515.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. "Proposal (#313) to South American Classification Committee: Adopt the Family Tityridae". South American Classification Committee. 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-05-08.
  3. Garrigues, Richard; Dean, Robert (2007). The Birds of Costa Rica. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 216. ISBN   978-0-8014-7373-9.

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