Spectacled tyrant
Appearance
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A male spectacled tyrant at Entre Ríos Province, Argentina | |
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A female spectacled tyrant at Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil | |
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Genus: | Hymenops Lesson, 1828
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Species: | H. perspicillatus
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Hymenops perspicillatus (Gmelin, 1789)
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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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