Alectrurus | |
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Cock-tailed tyrant (Alectrurus tricolor), Canastra, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Alectrurus Vieillot, 1816 |
Type species | |
Gallita tricolor[1] Vieillot, 1816
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Species | |
2, see text | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Alectrurus is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The genus contains the following two species:[3]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Alectrurus tricolor | Cock-tailed tyrant | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay | |
Alectrurus risora | Strange-tailed tyrant | Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay |