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 LC    Lesser Shrike-Tyrant* Id (Atlas):
    Agriornis murinus Endemic

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Agriornis murina [BirdLife International (2004)], Agriornis murina [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Agriornis murina [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Lesser Shrike-Tyrant, Least Shrike-Tyrant, Mouse-brown Shrike-Tyrant

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay (NB).

Breeds in north-western and south-central Argentina (Catamarca, Tucumán and La Rioja, and from Neuquén, Rí­o Negro and south-western Buenos Aires south to Santa Cruz; may also breed in intervening zone); winters northern as far as central Bolivia.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
An occasional 'phooeeay', descending.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Lesser Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis murinus) [XC444982]
     by id from Peninsula Valdes-Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Formerly placed in Xolmis by some authors on grounds of shared behavioural traits and morphological similarities. This species appears to be somewhat intermediate between the two genera, thus supporting their possible merging. Further study is required.


References
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