Listen to the Short-tailed field tyrant
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About the Short-tailed field tyrant
The Short-tailed field tyrant is a bird in the family Tyrannidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Short-tailed field 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 display flight song. 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 short-tailed field tyrant (Muscigralla brevicauda) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Ecuador, Peru, and as a vagrant to Chile and Colombia.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Short-tailed field tyrant sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Short-tailed field tyrant on this page, including its display flight song. 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 Short-tailed field tyrant endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Short-tailed field tyrant as “least concern”.
What family does the Short-tailed field tyrant belong to?
The Short-tailed field tyrant (Muscigralla brevicauda) belongs to the family Tyrannidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Display flight song · Guayas: 3 km E Pacoa Beach, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q772274 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Short-tailed field tyrant – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Francesco Veronesi from Italy – CC BY-SA 2.0