Patagonian Tyrant
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| Patagonian Tyrant | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Colorhamphus Sundevall, 1872 |
| Species: | C. parvirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Colorhamphus parvirostris (Darwin, 1839) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Ochthoeca parvirostris |
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The Patagonian Tyrant (Colorhamphus parvirostris) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the only one in the genus Colorhamphus.
It is found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. Though it is a primarily insectivorous species, it has been seen also to eat the seeds of mayten and the fruit of leñadura.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Colorhamphus parvirostris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
- McGehee, Steven M. Consumption of leñadura (Maytenus magellanica) seeds by three primarily insectivorous bird species. Anales Instituto Patagonia (Chile), 2007. 35 (1): 71-73
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