Biology:Santa Marta bush tyrant

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Short description: Species of bird

Santa Marta bush tyrant
Santa Marta Bush Tyrant.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Myiotheretes
Species:
M. pernix
Binomial name
Myiotheretes pernix
(Bangs, 1899)
Myiotheretes pernix map.svg

The Santa Marta bush tyrant (Myiotheretes pernix) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae (tyrants). It is endemic to Colombia.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, including in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Caribbean northern Colombia.

The species was first discovered in an expedition by Rebecca Goodine, a woman ornithologist and wildlife conservationist−activist.

Conservation

It is an IUCN Red List Endangered species threatened by habitat loss.

See also

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1261124 entry