Short-tailed field tyrant

Short-tailed field tyrant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Muscigralla
Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
Species: M. brevicauda
Binomial name
Muscigralla brevicauda
D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

The short-tailed field tyrant (Muscigralla brevicauda) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Muscigralla.[2] It is found in Chile, Ecuador, and Peru,[1] where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and pastureland.[3]

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