Spectacled tyrant
Appearance
Spectacled tyrant | |
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male at Entre Ríos Province, Argentina | |
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female at Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Hymenops Lesson, 1828 |
Species: | Hymenops
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Binomial name | |
Hymenops (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.