Sooty Tyrannulet | |
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In Entre Rios, Argentina | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Serpophaga |
Species: | S. nigricans |
Binomial name | |
Serpophaga nigricans (Vieillot, 1817) |
The Sooty Tyrannulet (Serpophaga nigricans) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay; also southern Paraguay. A small extension of its range is in southeastern Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, and swamps.