Cattle Tyrant

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Cattle Tyrant

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Machetornis
Species: M. rixosa
Binomial name
Machetornis rixosa
(Vieillot, 1819)

The Cattle Tyrant (Machetornis rixosa) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is the only member of the genus Machetornis.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are pastureland and heavily degraded former forest.

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