Cock-tailed tyrant
| Cock-tailed tyrant | |
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| Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brazil. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Alectrurus |
| Species: | A. tricolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Alectrurus tricolor (Vieillot, 1816) | |
The cock-tailed tyrant (Alectrurus tricolor) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Canastra, Brazil
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Alectrurus tricolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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