Agile tit-tyrant

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Agile tit-tyrant
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Uromyias
Species:
U. agilis
Binomial name
Uromyias agilis
(Sclater, PL, 1856)
Uromyias agilis map.svg
Synonyms

Anairetes agilis

Uromyias agilis chirping

The agile tit-tyrant (Uromyias agilis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. [1]

This bird lives in mountain forests in the Andes. It is associated with bamboo of the genus Chusquea . It builds its nest in the stalks, using the leaves to weave the cup and lining it with the feathers of other birds. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Uromyias agilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22699369A93728721. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699369A93728721.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Bonier, F., Martin, P. R., & Moore, I. T. (2008). First description of the nest and young of the Agile Tit-Tyrant (Uromyias agilis). Ornitologia Neotropical 19, 117-22.

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