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) [XC557765]
by Dante Buzzetti from S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (call)

Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant (Muscipipra vetula) [XC344129]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos-S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (alarm call)

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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