Stigmatura napensis
The Lesser Wagtail-Tyrant (Stigmatura napensis) is a captivating small flycatcher, distinguished by its olive-gray upperparts, whitish throat, and vibrant yellow belly and undertail coverts. Measuring approximately 14-16 cm in length, it also sports dark wings with two faint pale wing-bars, and a proportionately long, dark tail with conspicuous white outer rectrices. Its most distinctive field mark, giving it its common name, is the incessant, side-to-side or up-and-down wagging of its tail, ...
Primarily found in lowland riparian (riverine) forests, secondary growth, and scrubby thickets along watercourses, typically at elevations below 800 meters.
Its diet consists primarily of small arthropods, particularly insects, which it captures by aerial hawking, gleaning, or sallying from low perches.
This diurnal species is an active and often restless forager, typically seen alone or in pairs, though occasionally joining mixed-species flocks. It employs various foraging strategies, including sallying from low perches to snatch insects in flight and gleaning arthropods from foliage and branch...
The Lesser Wagtail-Tyrant is a resident species distributed across the western Amazon Basin of South America. Its breeding range encompasses southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, northeastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and the western reaches of Brazil, specifically in the states of Amazonas and A...
Least Concern
- The genus name *Stigmatura* is derived from Greek words meaning 'marked tail,' a direct reference to its prominent white outer tail feathers. - This species is renowned for its characteristic, almost constant, side-to-side or up-and-down tail-wagging, a behavior that is highly distinctive. - Th...