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Spectacled tyrant

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Spectacled Tyrant
Male, Argentina
female, Brazil
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Hymenops

Lesson, 1828
Species:
H. perspicillatus
Binomial name
Hymenops perspicillatus
(Gmelin, 1789)

The Spectacled Tyrant (Hymenops perspicillatus) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the only one in the genus Hymenops.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and swamps.

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