Listen to the Masked water tyrant
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About the Masked water tyrant
The Masked water tyrant is a bird in the family Tyrannidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Masked water tyrant sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as calls and disturbance call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The masked water tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and as a vagrant to Uruguay and Paraguay.
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Cliff flycatcher
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Yellow-crowned tyrannulet
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Olive-sided flycatcher
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Yellow tyrannulet
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Black phoebe
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Acadian flycatcher
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Gray kingbird
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Great crested flycatcher
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Lesser wagtail-tyrant
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Masked water tyrant sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Masked water tyrant on this page, including its calls and disturbance call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Masked water tyrant endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Masked water tyrant as “least concern”.
What family does the Masked water tyrant belong to?
The Masked water tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) belongs to the family Tyrannidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Calls · Manabí: La Segua marsh (Chone lakes), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Disturbance call · Manabí: Río Ayampe, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q522791 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Masked water tyrant – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Evaldo Resende – CC BY-SA 4.0