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Spectacled tyrant

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Spectacled tyrant
A male spectacled tyrant at Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
A female spectacled tyrant at Rio Grande do Sul State, 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 family Tyrannidae, 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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