| Rufous-tailed Tyrant | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Knipolegus |
| Species: | K. poecilurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Knipolegus poecilurus (Sclater, 1862) |
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The Rufous-tailed Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilurus) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.