Bearded tachuri
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A female bearded tachuri at Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil | |
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Species: | P. pectoralis
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Polystictus pectoralis (Vieillot, 1817)
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The bearded tachuri (Polystictus pectoralis) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.