Spectacled tyrant

The spectacled tyrant (Hymenops perspicillatus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the only one in the genus Hymenops.

Spectacled tyrant
male at Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
female at Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Hymenops
Lesson, 1828
Species:
H. perspicillatus
Binomial name
Hymenops perspicillatus
(Gmelin, 1789)

It is found in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay; it is a vagrant to Bolivia, Paraguay and southeastern Brazil, once even in far northeastern Brazil.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and swamps.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Hymenops perspicillatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Sagot-Martin, François; Lima, Rafael Dantas; Pacheco, José Fernando; Irusta, Jorge Bañuelos; Pichorim, Mauro; Hassett, David Maurice (2020-09-21). "An updated checklist of the birds of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, with comments on new, rare, and unconfirmed species". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 140 (3). doi:10.25226/bboc.v140i3.2020.a2. ISSN 0007-1595. S2CID 221823889.
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