Greater wagtail-tyrant

Greater wagtail-tyrant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Stigmatura
Species: S. budytoides
Binomial name
Stigmatura budytoides
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

The greater wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides) is a South American species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. A small bird, but larger than the related lesser wagtail-tyrant. The greater wagtail-tyrant occurs in two distinct populations: One in woodland and shrub in southeastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, and central and northwestern Argentina, and a second in the Caatinga region in northeastern Brazil. The latter is sometimes considered a separate species, the Caatinga wagtail-tyrant (S. gracilis).

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