Inca flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Leptopogon |
Species: | L. taczanowskii |
Binomial name | |
Leptopogon taczanowskii Hellmayr, 1917 | |
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Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Władysław Taczanowski was a Polish zoologist and collector of natural history who explored the Russian Far East and northern Africa. He specialized mainly in ornithology but also described numerous other taxa including reptiles and arachnids.
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