Black-tailed Tityra

19 cm. Male"s cap and sides of head black. Orbital area and base of bill dark red. Pearly white above. Wings except tertials black. White below. Tail black. <NFemale"s head and back are more brownish gray with coarse black streaking. Underneath buff-white with coarse streaking on throat, breast and upper belly. A nasal frog-like "brrt". Usually in pairs in the canopy of tall trees, sometimes sitting on high and exposed branches. Regularly encountered in humid primary and tall secondary forest and forest borders. Also in clearings with tall trees. Throughout. The Serra do Mar, Serra Mantiqueira, Serra dos Org<C4>os ^15 , Fazenda Intervales, Iguape<8E>etc., to 800 meters. 11448 Call. Chapada das Guimaraes, Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, 8<10>5<10>97. Sunny, 30<91>C. Secondary forest.: 3711 Call. Fazenda Intervales. 11<10>30<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Secondary forest.: 664 Call, song. Cornell Cat 48128. Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, 11<10>5<10>89. With Drymophila devillei. Recording by M. Isler.: 15231 Calls. Recording by Juan M. Barnett: 1699 >: