White-winged black tyrant

White-winged black tyrant
near Macchu Picchu, Peru
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Knipolegus
Species: K. aterrimus
Binomial name
Knipolegus aterrimus
Kaup, 1853

The white-winged black tyrant (Knipolegus aterrimus) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It has often included the Sao Francisco black tyrant (K. franciscanus) as a subspecies. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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