Crowned slaty flycatcher
| Crowned slaty flycatcher | |
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| Crowned slaty flycatcher at São Roque de Minas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Griseotyrannus W.E. Lanyon, 1984 |
| Species: | G. aurantioatrocristatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | |
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The crowned slaty flycatcher (Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It was formerly united in the genus Empidonomus with the variegated flycatcher, but is now considered the only species of Griseotyrannus. The name Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus means "orange-black crested gray Tyrannus".
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]
The crowned slaty flycatcher migrates into the mostly western and central Amazon basin as a non-breeding resident, except in the southeast bordering the Cerrado and Pantanal, where it is resident in much of the western cerrado and southwards; the migration occurs during the austral winter.
Its binomial is the longest of any bird species, fifteen syllables when spoken aloud.
References
- 1 2 3 BirdLife International (2012). "Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Photo-High Res; Article geometer–Brazil Birds
