Short-crested flycatcher

The short-crested flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.

Short-crested flycatcher
at Bertioga, São Paulo State, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Myiarchus
Species:
M. ferox
Binomial name
Myiarchus ferox
(Gmelin, 1789)

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Myiarchus ferox". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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