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Sharp tailed grass tyrant

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Culicivora caudacuta

Higher classification
  
Culicivora

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Tyrannidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
Culicivora Swainson, 1827

Similar
  
Rufous‑sided pygmy tyrant, Greenish tyrannulet, White‑bellied tyrannulet, Grey‑backed tachuri, Dinelli's doradito

Sharp tailed grass tyrant


The sharp-tailed grass tyrant (Culicivora caudacuta) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the only one in the genus Culicivora.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Sharp-tailed grass tyrant Wikipedia