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Masked Tityra - Tityra semifasciata

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Tityra

ICUN Redlist - World Status:

Least Concern

Description

The masked tityra is about 8 inches in length. It has a thick hooked red bill with a black tip, a black face mask with red around its eyes, a black band on its tail feathers, black flight feathers, and gray legs and feet.The male has a grayish-white body and the female has a brownish-gray body.

Range

The masked tityra is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

Habitat

The masked tityra is found in a variety of forests including subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, forest edges, and clearings and cultivated areas.

Diet

The masked tityra travels in pairs or small flocks and feeds on insects, small vertebrates, and fruit.

Life Cycle

The female lays two eggs in a tree cavity or old woodpecker hole. The female incubates the eggs. The chicks fledge when they are two weeks old. The female has two broods a year.

Behavior

The masked tityra has a squeaky "quet, quet, quet" call.

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