Austral negrito

Austra negrito
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Lessonia
Species: L. rufa
Binomial name
Lessonia rufa
(Gmelin, 1789)

The austral negrito or Patagonian negrito (Lessonia rufa) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It breeds in Argentina and Chile, migrating north as far as Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and saline marshes.

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