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title: "Pied Water-Tyrant"
description: "Fluvicola pica — Birds. The pied water tyrant (Fluvicola pica) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pied-water-tyrant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pied Water-Tyrant

> Fluvicola pica — Birds. The pied water tyrant (Fluvicola pica) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.

- Scientific name: *Fluvicola pica*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 1540
- Wikidata: [Q901879](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901879)
- iNaturalist taxon: [17281](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/17281)

## Names

- en: Pied Water-Tyrant
- de: Elstertyrann
- es: Viudita Común
- fr: Moucherolle pie
- pt: Lavadeira-do-norte
- pl: Wodopławik srokaty

## Countries with the most observations

CO (781), GF (177), TT (143), PA (122), SR (78), VE (52), GY (50), BR (14), PE (14)

## Summary

The pied water tyrant (Fluvicola pica) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela,  as a vagrant to Ecuador and possibly other areas as well.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_water_tyrant

## Photo

![Pied Water-Tyrant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pied-water-tyrant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154797229

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pied-water-tyrant?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).