---
title: "Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant"
description: "Muscisaxicola maclovianus — Uccelli. The dark-faced ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus) is a small passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/dark-faced-ground-tyrant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant

> Muscisaxicola maclovianus — Uccelli. The dark-faced ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus) is a small passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Muscisaxicola maclovianus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1899
- Wikidata: [Q1271229](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1271229)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16156](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16156)

## Names

- en: Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant
- de: Maskentyrann
- es: Dormilona cara negra
- fr: Dormilon bistré
- nl: Maskergrondtiran
- pt: Gaúcha-de-cara-suja
- pl: Skałotyran ciemnolicy

## Countries with the most observations

AR (973), CL (655), FK (171), PE (21), UY (10), BR (3)

## Summary

The dark-faced ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus) is a small passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, the Falkland Islands, possibly in Ecuador, and as a vagrant to Brazil.

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

## Photo

![Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-faced-ground-tyrant/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150919845

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dark-faced-ground-tyrant?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).