Black-chested tyrant

Black-chested tyrant
A male black-chested tyrant at Carajás National Forest, Pará state, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Taeniotriccus
Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902
Species: T. andrei
Binomial name
Taeniotriccus andrei
Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902
Synonyms

Poecilotriccus andrei (Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902)

The black-chested tyrant (Taeniotriccus andrei) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Brazil, Suriname, and Venezuela. It is placed in the monotypic genus Taeniotriccus by most ornithologists,[2] although it has formerly been in the genus Poecilotriccus.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Taeniotriccus andrei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Black-chested Tyrant (Taeniotriccus andrei)". The Internet Bird Collection. Retrieved 1 December 2011.


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