BLACK-CROWNED TITYRA Tityra inquisitor
The smallest and least colourful of the Tityras, a group of predominately black and white birds that inhabit the canopy of humid forest areas. Tityras are mainly fruit eaters and nest in holes in trees. They can be amongst the commonest of humid forest birds, but their habit of living high in dense foliage means that they can be easily overlooked. You are much more likely to hear their strange scratchy calls.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1625PH) Adult male dorsal view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith December 2006).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1626PH) Adult male ventral view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1627PH) Adult male ventral view, Itabó Rivas, Departamento Canindeyú (Alejandro González September 2006 - Paraguayanbirds.com).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE1628PH) Adult male lateral view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2008).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE1629PH) Adult female ventral view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2008).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE3563PH) Female ventral view, Rio Piratiy, Departamento Canindeyú (Nelson Pérez February 2012)
VIDEO - (FPAVE1631VI) Adult male, Carapá Itaipú Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith September 2010).
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Tityra inquisitor
1 (FPAVE1630RE) Call  recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007).
2 (FPAVE1632RE) Call  recorded Arroyo Blanco, Departamento Amambay (Myriam Velázquez October 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.
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