Lesser kiskadee
| Lesser kiskadee | |
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| Genus: | Pitangus or Philohydor
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| Species: | P. lictor
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| Pitangus lictor (Lichtenstein, 1823)
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Philohydor lictor | |
The lesser kiskadee (Pitangus lictor) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Guatemala, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and swamps. It is sometimes considered to be in the monotypic genus Philohydor.
The lesser kiskadee, 19 cm (7.5 in) long, lives from Central America and throughout the northern parts of South America, like Belize, Panama through Bolivia, always along waterways. Its call is a nondescript whistle.[2]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Philohydor lictor.
Wikispecies has information related to Philohydor lictor.
- "Lesser Kiskadee media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Photo(bird on nest, forest), & Article Birds of Ecuador gallery at chandra.as.utexas.edu (photo)
- Lesser Kiskadee photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Lesser Kiskadee species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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