Biology:Maracaibo tody-flycatcher

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Short description: Species of bird

Maracaibo tody-flycatcher
Todirostrum viridanum.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Todirostrum
Species:
T. viridanum
Binomial name
Todirostrum viridanum
Hellmayr, 1927
Todirostrum viridanum map.svg
Maracaibo tody-flycatcher specimen from AMNH

The Maracaibo tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum viridanum), also known as the short-tailed tody-flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to arid scrub in the region near Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. It has formerly been considered a subspecies of the common tody-flycatcher, which it resembles.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1270416 entry