Rufous flycatcher

The rufous flycatcher (Myiarchus semirufus) is a bird species in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Peru.

Rufous flycatcher
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Myiarchus
Species:
M. semirufus
Binomial name
Myiarchus semirufus
Sclater & Salvin, 1878

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

It was formerly classified as a species of least concern by the IUCN.[2] But new research has shown it to be much rarer than it was believed. Consequently, it is uplisted to endangered in 2008.[3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Myiarchus semirufus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. BLI (2004)
  3. BLI (2008)
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