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BLACK-BACKED WATER-TYRANT Fluvicola albiventer
The Black-backed Water-Tyrant makes his living amongst floating vegetation in marshy areas. He is an inquisitive bird, prone to investigating nooks and crannies in search of prey, all the time flicking his wings and fanning and pumping his tail. Though widespread he is most numerous in the Paraguayan Pantanal, where an abundance of lush aquatic vegetation creates the ideal habitat.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE489PH) Adult lateral, Madrejón, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Frank Fragano July 2006).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE490PH) Adult lateral, Laguna Bombacha, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Clyde Morris October 2008).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE491PH) Adult, Fuerte Olimpo (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE492PH) Nest with eggs, Bahía de Asunción, Departamento Central (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE493PH) Same nest, close up of eggs (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE3192PH) Nest, Laguna Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith February 2012).
VIDEO - (FPAVE494VI) Adult, Laguna Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith November 2010).
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