| Patagonian Negrito | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Lessonia |
| Species: | L. rufa |
| Binomial name | |
| Lessonia rufa (Gmelin, 1789) |
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The Patagonian Negrito or Austral Negrito (Lessonia rufa) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It breeds in Argentina and Chile, migrating north as far as Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and saline marshes.