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title: "Arundinicola"
description: "Arundinicola leucocephala — Vogels. The white-headed marsh tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala), commonly referred to as the marsh tyrant, is a small passerine bird belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-headed-marsh-tyrant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Arundinicola

> Arundinicola leucocephala — Vogels. The white-headed marsh tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala), commonly referred to as the marsh tyrant, is a small passerine bird belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family.

- Scientific name: *Arundinicola leucocephala*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 3291
- Wikidata: [Q778373](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q778373)
- iNaturalist taxon: [17333](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/17333)

## Names

- en: White-headed Marsh Tyrant
- de: Sumpftyrann
- es: Lavandera
- fr: Moucherolle à tête blanche
- nl: Arundinicola
- pt: Lavadeira-de-cabeça-branca
- pl: Wodopławik białogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1935), AR (369), CO (308), GF (196), TT (127), PE (83), GY (56), BO (46), SR (39), VE (35), PY (15)

## Summary

The white-headed marsh tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala), commonly referred to as the marsh tyrant, is a small passerine bird belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family. It is the sole species within the genus Arundinicola. This diurnal bird, exclusively found in South America, exhibits sexual dimorphism and is known to have monogamous mating behavior.

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

## Photo

![Arundinicola](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-headed-marsh-tyrant/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80970739

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-headed-marsh-tyrant?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).