Bahia Wagtail-Tyrant
The Bahia wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura bahiae) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to eastern Brazil. == Taxonomy and systematics == What is now the Bahia wagtail-tyrant was originally described as Stigmatura budytoides bahiae, a subspecies of the greater wagtail-tyrant. What is now the lesser wagtail-tyrant (S. napensis) was described as another subspecies at the same time. They were later treated as two subspecies of the lesser wagtail-tyrant. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World separated them from each other as monotypic species in 2014. The Clements taxonomy did so in late 2022 and the International Ornithological Committee in early 2023. As of late 2024 the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society had not adopted the split. == Description == The Bahia wagtail-tyrant is 13 cm (5.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage; males are slightly larger than females. Adults have a thin pale yellow supercilium and a dark line through the eye on an otherwise pale yellowish face. Their crown and upperparts are warm brownish. Their wings are dusky with wide white edges on the innermost flight feathers and the coverts; the last show as…
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