Biology:Masked water tyrant

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Short description: Species of bird

Masked water tyrant
Lavadeira mascarada.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Fluvicola
Species:
F. nengeta
Binomial name
Fluvicola nengeta
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Fluvicola nengeta map.svg
Synonyms
  • Lanius nengeta Linnaeus, 1766
  • Fluvicola atripennis Sclater, 1860

The masked water tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers, one of three in the genus Fluvicola.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in its major range in eastern and southeastern Brazil in the caatinga and extreme eastern cerrado, and also Atlantic coastal regions; a second smaller disjunct range occurs on the Pacific side of South America in western Ecuador, and coastal border regions of northwest Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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References

External links


Wikidata ☰ Q522791 entry