Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant (Muscipipra vetula)

Other Names (World)
Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant, Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lichtenstein, 1823)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From sea-level - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (B), Brazil (B), Paraguay (B).

Central-eastern and south-eastern Brazil (southern Bahia, central Minas Gerais and Esp��rito Santo south to Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant (Muscipipra vetula) [XC81622]
by Mateus Gon\u00e7alves Santos from Intervales State Park. Residential area, Brazil (song)

Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant (Muscipipra vetula) [XC677015]
by Jeremy Minns from Rio Branco do Sul,Paran\u00e1, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Relationships uncertain, but closest allies seem to be Gubernetes and Neoxolmis, on basis of anatomical studies.

References
See References.

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