Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Todirostrum |
Species: | T. viridanum |
Binomial name | |
Todirostrum viridanum Hellmayr, 1927 |
The Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum viridanum), also known as the Short-tailed Tody-Flycatcher, is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is endemic to arid scrub in the region near Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. It has formerly been considered a subspecies of the Common Tody-Flycatcher, which it resembles.
It is threatened by habitat loss.