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The Grayish baywing (Agelaioides badius) is a bird found in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Bolivia. Open land and farms in southern South America. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Grayish baywing lives

Open land and farms in southern South America.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs60%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts40%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Bernard BOUSQUET (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC838232. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Grayish baywing

Where does the Grayish baywing live?

The Grayish baywing lives in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Bolivia. Open land and farms in southern South America.

What does the Grayish baywing eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 60%), seeds and nuts (about 40%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Grayish baywing endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from South America

• Striated heron
• Southern beardless tyrannulet
• Picui ground dove
• Creamy-bellied thrush
• Yellow-billed teal
• Red-billed tropicbird

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.