Jelski's black tyrant

Jelski's black tyrant
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Knipolegus
Species: K. signatus
Binomial name
Knipolegus signatus
(Taczanowski, 1874)

The Jelski's black tyrant (Knipolegus signatus) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Ecuador to northwestern Argentina. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This and the plumbeous tyrant are sometimes considered conspecific, in which case, the bird is then usually referred to as the Andean tyrant.

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