The rufous casiornis (Casiornis rufus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in northern Argentina, Bolivia, mid-central Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Uruguay;[2] it is a vagrant to eastern Peru and more northern parts of the Amazon Rainforest. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Rufous casiornis
at Piraju, São Paulo State, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Casiornis
Species:
C. rufus
Binomial name
Casiornis rufus
(Vieillot, 1816)

References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Casiornis rufus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22700357A93771180. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700357A93771180.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Claramunt, Santiago; González, Enrique M. (1999). "Elaenia spectabilis y Casiornis rufa, dos Tyrannidae nuevos para Uruguay (Aves: Passeriformes)" (PDF). Comunicaciones Zoológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo. 12 (194): 1–8.