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MASKED TITYRA Tityra semifasciata
Only confirmed to be present in Paraguay as late as 1995, this species has now been found at a large number of humid forest sites in the Orient. Tityras are canopy birds that give strange croaky calls (sounding a bit like running a pen along the teeth of a comb), and they were likely overlooked for a long time because of their similarity to the common Black-tailed Tityra. Once considered to be closely-related to the Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae) they are now known to be members of the newly-elevated "Schiffornis Assemblage" - Tityridae.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2349PH) Adult male ventral view, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2350PH) Adult female ? lateral view, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith February 2010).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3562PH) Female ventral view, Rio Piratiy, Departamento Canindeyú (Nelson Pérez February 2012)
VIDEO - (FPAVE2351VI) Same individual as (FPAVE2350PH)  (Paul Smith February 2010).
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Tityra semifasciata
1 (FPAVE2352RE) Call  recorded Yaguarete Forest, Departamento San Pedro (Myriam Velázquez August 2000).
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