Pied Water-tyrant
A species of Water Tyrants Scientific name : Fluvicola pica Genus : Water Tyrants
Pied Water-tyrant, A species of Water Tyrants
Botanical name: Fluvicola pica
Genus: Water Tyrants
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Description General Info
Description
The pied water tyrant is 13.5 cm long and weighs 13g. Adults are mainly white with a black nape, back, wings and tail. Sexes are similar, although the female may have some brown mixed with the black, and immature birds are brown where the adult is black. The call is a nasal djweeooo. 
Size
14 cm
Nest Placement
Shrub
Feeding Habits
Pied Water-tyrant predominantly feeds on insects, foraging by snatching them from vegetation or water surfaces. It displays unique hunting techniques adapted to watery habitats.
Habitat
Pied Water-tyrant predominantly inhabits wetland environments, often frequenting freshwater marshes, ponds, and lakes. These birds are also known to venture into nearby open areas, finding suitable living conditions within rural corrals and even urban gardens. They typically reside at lower elevations, usually below 450 meters, although they have been spotted up to 1000 meters in some regions.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Distribution Area
This species is found in marshy savannahs and the edges of mangrove swamps. The nest is a feather-lined oval ball of grasses and other plant material, with a side entrance. It is placed at the end of a branch near or over water. Both sexes incubate the typical clutch of two or three creamy-white eggs, which are marked with a few brown spots. Cowbirds sometimes parasitise the nest. Pied water tyrants often bob up and down when perched, and have a fluttering “butterfly” display flight. They forage for insects, their staple diet, in low waterside vegetation.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Tyrant flycatchers Genus
Water Tyrants Species
Pied Water-tyrant 
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