Shear-tailed grey tyrant

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Shear-tailed grey tyrant
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Muscipipra
Lesson, 1831
Species:
M. vetula
Binomial name
Muscipipra vetula
Muscipipra vetula map.svg

The shear-tailed grey tyrant (Muscipipra vetula) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, in the monotypic genus Muscipipra. [2] It is found in southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far northeastern Argentina, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest. [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Muscipipra vetula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22700329A93769376. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700329A93769376.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "ITIS Report: Muscipipra". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. "Muscipipra vetula: Classification". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . Retrieved 18 September 2014.