Streamer-tailed tyrant
The streamer-tailed tyrant (Gubernetes yetapa) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the only one in the genus Gubernetes.
| Streamer-tailed tyrant | |
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| In Piraju, São Paulo, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Gubernetes Such, 1825 |
| Species: | G. yetapa |
| Binomial name | |
| Gubernetes yetapa (Vieillot, 1818) | |
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Gubernetes yetapa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Diego Caballero-Sadi & Thierry Rabau (2009). "First record of Streamer-tailed Tyrant Gubernetes yetapa in Uruguay". Cotinga. 31: 82.
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