Strange-tailed tyrant

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Strange-tailed tyrant
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A male strange-tailed tyrant at Iberá Wetlands, Corrientes Province, Argentina
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Female
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Alectrurus
Species:
A. risora
Binomial name
Alectrurus risora
(Vieillot, 1824)
Alectrurus risora map.svg

The strange-tailed tyrant (Alectrurus risora) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.

It is found in northeastern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and three small separated localities in southern Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical, tropical, dry lowland, or grassland.

Strange-tailed tyrants are threatened by habitat loss, and are largely extirpated apart from the Iberá Wetlands where they can be seen occasionally. Approximately half of its range still exists in the north and northeast in southern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and western Uruguay.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Alectrurus risora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22700303A93768087. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700303A93768087.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.