Viudita Enmascarada/Masked Water-Tyrant/Fluvicola nengeta

Nombre en español: Viudita Enmascarada

Nombre en ingles: Masked Water-Tyrant

Nombre científico: Fluvicola nengeta

Familia: Tyrannidae

Canto: Peter Boesman

Su área de distribución incluye Brasil, Ecuador, y el Perú. Ocurre incidentalmente en Paraguay. En Brasil ocurre en el este y el sudeste, en la caatinga y el extremo oriente del cerrado, así como en las regiones costeras del Atlántico. Existe una segunda población disyunta en el lado del Pacífico de América del Sur en el oeste de Ecuador y las regiones costeras del noroeste de Perú.

La viudita enmascarada (Fluvicola nengeta) es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Tyrannidae.

Distribución y hábitat

Su hábitat natural son los humedales, incluyendo bosques de manglares subtropicales o tropicales, matorrales húmedos tropicales o subtropicales y bosques antiguos muy degradados.

Masked water tyrant

The masked water tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers, one of three in the genus Fluvicola.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in its major range in eastern and southeastern Brazil in the caatinga and extreme eastern cerrado, and also Atlantic coastal regions; a second smaller disjunct range occurs on the Pacific side of South America in western Ecuador, and coastal border regions of northwest Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

The Masked Water-Tyrant occupies riparian thickets and scrubland in eastern Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte south to Rio de Janeiro, and also occurs in western Ecuador and adjacent northwestern Peru. The Masked Water-Tyrant is a handsome white bird with a contrasting black eyestripe, black wings and tail. The Masked Water-Tyrant usually is found singly or in pairs foraging on or near the ground along waterways and ponds. These flycatchers often run along aquatic vegetation, making short aerial sallies or quick dashes to catch passing insects.