Short-tailed field tyrant | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: |
Muscigralla d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 |
Species: | M. brevicauda
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Binomial name | |
Muscigralla brevicauda
D'Orbigny &
Lafresnaye, 1837
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The short-tailed field tyrant (Muscigralla brevicauda) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is monotypic within the genus Muscigralla. [2] It is found in Ecuador, Peru and far northern Chile [1] where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and pastureland. [3]