Cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant

The cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola capistratus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

Cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Muscisaxicola
Species:
M. capistratus
Binomial name
Muscisaxicola capistratus
(Burmeister, 1860) [2]
Synonyms
  • Ptyonura capistrata (protonym)
  • Muscisaxicola capistrata

It is found in western Argentina, eastern Andean Chile, southwest Bolivia, and southern Peru. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.

The cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant breeds in extreme southern Argentina and Chile, and northern Tierra del Fuego, and migrates north in the austral winter.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Muscisaxicola capistratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22700152A155606600. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22700152A155606600.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Burmeister, 1860. Ptyonura capistrata (protonym). Journ. f. Ornith., 8, p. 248. BHL
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