Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola flavinucha Scientific name definitions

The Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant is a large, lanky flycatcher that breeds in Chile and Argentina in open highland habitats.  An austral migrant, it migrates along the Andean chain north to Bolivia and Peru in the winter.  A distinctive species, this ground-tyrant is dark gray above and whitish below with a pale yellow cap.  The habits of Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant are even more diagnostic than its appearance; the bird is strongly terrestrial and stands alert and upright when foraging, nervously fanning its tail.  In flight, this ground-tyrant shows a fast, low, swooping pattern accentuated by very long wings.

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Species winters N to N Peru (La Libertad) and W Bolivia.

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Oct–Feb; possibly double-brooded. During display, male flies high up with dangling legs, comes to a stall, then drops to ground. Nest an open cup made of grass, lined with feathers, placed in crack or cavity in rock, under stone, in rodent burrow, or directly on ground. Clutch 3 eggs, sometimes 2 or 4. No other information.