Black-chested tyrant
| Black-chested tyrant | |
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| A male black-chested tyrant at Carajás Mountains, Pará state, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Taeniotriccus Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902 |
| Species: | T. andrei |
| Binomial name | |
| Taeniotriccus andrei Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902 | |
| Synonyms | |
The black-chested tyrant (Taeniotriccus andrei) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Brazil, Suriname, and Venezuela. It is placed in the monotypic genus Taeniotriccus by most ornithologists,[2] although it has formerly been in the genus Poecilotriccus.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Taeniotriccus andrei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Black-chested Tyrant (Taeniotriccus andrei)". The Internet Bird Collection. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
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