Red-rumped bush tyrant

Red-rumped bush tyrant
Cajas National Park, Ecuador
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Cnemarchus
Ridgway, 1905
Species: C. erythropygius
Binomial name
Cnemarchus erythropygius
(P.L. Sclater, 1853)
Synonyms

Myiotheretes erythropygius

The red-rumped bush tyrant (Cnemarchus erythropygius) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the only one in the genus Cnemarchus.

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

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