| Cliff flycatcher | |
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| In Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Hirundinea d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 |
| Species: | H. ferruginea
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| Binomial name | |
| Hirundinea ferruginea (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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| Synonyms | |
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Hirundinea bellicosa (Vieillot, 1819) | |
The cliff flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae. The cliff flycatcher is the only species in the genus Hirundinea after the swallow flycatcher was merged, becoming subspecies Hirundinea ferruginea bellicosa. It is native to South America, where its natural habitats are cliffs and crags in the vicinity of subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hirundinea ferruginea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22699738A95076112. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699738A95076112.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.