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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 Chile, Argentina and Uruguay; it is a vagrant to Bolivia, Paraguay and southeastern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and swamps.

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