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I think this would be one of the prettiest birds I photographed when I spent the month at REGUA. (Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu) I photographed the Streamer-tailed Tyrant when I went on an excursion to a place called Sumidouro and Carmo which is about 107 kms north of REGUA. We were in a small town and we had stopped the van we were driving in next to a field to see what was there. In this field there was an water outlet that ran into this field which created a small stream. There were a few different species of birds there that we were photographing when suddenly the Streamer-tailed Tyrant flew in. First of all, it didn’t come to close but after a while it flew closer and landed on a banana tree not to far from where we were standing. The photos are a bit flat as the day was hot but quite overcast.

* The Streamer-tailed Tyrant is a big species of flycatcher with a length of 42cm from head to tail.

* Its call is a harsh “wurreep”, repeated multiple times when hovering over foraging area.

* The Streamer-tailed Tyrant is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. 

* Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

* The Streamer-tailed Tyrant is an insectivore.

* The nesting behaviour of the Streamer-tailed Tyrant is poorly known.

* The Streamer-tailed Tyrant is not globally threatened. It is classed as uncommon to locally fairly common in its range. it is classified on the IUCN red list as a species ”of least concern” for the time being.