Short-crested flycatcher

Short-crested flycatcher
Short-crested flycatcher at Bertioga, São Paulo State, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Myiarchus
Species: M. ferox
Binomial name
Myiarchus ferox
(Gmelin, 1789)

The short-crested flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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