Bearded tachuri

Bearded tachuri
A female bearded tachuri at Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Polystictus
Species: P. pectoralis
Binomial name
Polystictus pectoralis
(Vieillot, 1817)
Polystictus pectoralis Gould, 1839
Polystictus pectoralis pectoralis

The bearded tachuri (Polystictus pectoralis) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.






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