Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Machetornis

Cattle Tyrant

Machetornis rixosa

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Machetornis rixosa flavigularis

eastern Panama and Caribbean coast of northern Colombia and northern Venezuela
Machetornis rixosa obscurodorsalis

llanos of eastern Colombia and southwestern Venezuela; records from northeastern Ecuador presumably are of this subspecies
Machetornis rixosa rixosa

interior eastern Brazil to eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.