Black-billed shrike-tyrant

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Black-billed shrike-tyrant
at Mendoza River, Andes, Las Heras, Mendoza Province, Argentina.

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Agriornis
Species:
A. montanus
Binomial name
Agriornis montanus

The black-billed shrike-tyrant (Agriornis montanus) is a species of

Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands. It is a large flycatcher at 23–25 cm (9–10 in) long. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland
, and pastureland.

Gallery

  • Subspecies A. m. insolens, illustration by Joseph Smit, 1888
    Subspecies A. m. insolens, illustration by Joseph Smit, 1888
  • Subspecies A. m. solitaria, illustration by Joseph Smit, 1888
    Subspecies A. m. solitaria, illustration by Joseph Smit, 1888

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