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Masked tityra
female
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T. semifasciata
Binomial name
Tityra semifasciata
(Spix, 1825)

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 now placed by SACC.

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 head 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.

Turrialba, Costa Rica

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ "Proposal (#313) to South American Classification Committee: Adopt the Family Tityridae". South American Classification Committee. 2007.
  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.