Spot-billed ground tyrant

Spot-billed ground tyrant
Arequipa, Peru
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Muscisaxicola
Species: M. maculirostris
Binomial name
Muscisaxicola maculirostris
D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

The spot-billed ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola maculirostris) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and pastureland.

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