Agile Tit-tyrant

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Agile Tit-Tyrant

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Anairetes
Species: A. agilis
Binomial name
Uromyias agilis
(Sclater, 1856)
Synonyms

Uromyias agilis

The Agile Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes agilis) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It has been placed in the genus Uromyias, which formerly was recognized based on syringial and plumage characters, but now is known to be imbedded within Anairetes.[1] It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Remsen, J. V., Jr., C. D. Cadena, A. Jaramillo, M. Nores, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, T. S. Schulenberg, F. G. Stiles, D. F. Stotz, & K. J. Zimmer. 2007. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithologists' Union. Accessed 12 December 2007.