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SOUTHERN BRISTLE-TYRANT Pogonotriccus eximius NEAR THREATENED ATLANTIC FOREST
In the Atlantic forests of southern Paraguay the rare Southern Bristle-Tyrant is perhaps easier to see than anywhere else on earth. He´s a miniscule little creature, superficially similar to a lot of other small yellowish forest tyrants, but thanks to that distinctive head pattern you´re not likely to confuse him!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1993PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1994PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel October 2004).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1995PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE1996PH) Same individual upperwing showing moulted central tail feathers (Paul Smith February).
VIDEO - (FPAVE2003VI) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2010).
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Pogonotriccus eximius
1 (FPAVE1997RE) call  recorded Estancia Kanguery, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel January 2007).
2 (FPAVE1998RE) call  recorded Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith October 2008).
3 (FPAVE1999RE) call  recorded Ocampos, Departamento Itapúa (Myriam Velázquez October 2001).
4 (FPAVE2000RE) call  recorded Itabó Itaipú, Departamento Alto Paraná (Myriam Velázquez May 2000).
5 (FPAVE2001RE) call  recorded Sudameris, Departamento Itapúa (Myriam Velázquez November 2001).
6 (FPAVE2002RE) call  recorded PN Ybyturuzú, Departamento Central (Myriam Velázquez August 2000).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.