Black-tailed Tityra Photo by Ann Doty

Black-tailed Tityra

Tityra cayana

Adult male

©Ann Doty

Location: Ecuador > Sucumbíos
Date: Jun 16, 2019
Caption: #photocontest2019

Sacha Lodge - Kapok Tower
Sucumbios, Ecuador
with Sacha Lodge guide Oscar Tapuy

Male Black-tailed Tityra have black on the crown that descends below the eye, a bare rosy-red facial skin patch, pale silver upperparts, white underparts, and black on the tail and wings. Females have a dusky brownish crown, brownish-grey upperparts complete with coarse dark streaks and dusky streaking on a whitish breast.