STREAMER-TAILED TYRANT Gubernetes yetapa
The Streamer-tailed Tyrant is already a big bird even before you take into account the ridiculously long streamers that make up his tail! It is a sociable inhabitant of grassland areas, usually close to water, where they hawk for insects. Displaying males fan the tail and lift their wings in an effort to woo nearby females.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1767PH) Adult male, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Hemme Batjes November 2005).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1768PH) Adult male dorsal view, Mbaracayú Forest Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1769PH) Adult female, Isla Yacyreta, Departamento Misiones (Fernando Bernaconi September 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE1770PH) Pair, Isla Yacyreta, Departamento Misiones (Fernando Bernasconi September 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3116PH) Ventral, Kanguery, PN San Rafael, Departamento Itapúa (Matt Denton October 2010).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE1771VI) Pair displaying, Arroyo Mborevi, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith September 2010).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE1772VI) Adult ventral, Kanguery, PN San Rafael, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2010).
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1 (FPAVE1773RE) Three birds singing display song   recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett August 1997).
2 (FPAVE1774RE) Calls   recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett July 1997).
2 (FPAVE1775RE) Calls   Sudameris, PN San Rafael, Departamento Itapúa (Myriam Velázquez November 2001).
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