Tumbes tyrant

Tumbes tyrant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Tumbezia
Chapman, 1925
Species: T. salvini
Binomial name
Tumbezia salvini
(Taczanowski, 1877)
Synonyms

Ochthoeca salvini Taczanowski, 1877

The Tumbes tyrant (Tumbezia salvini) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Tumbezia.[2] It is endemic to Peru, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

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