Jump to content

Masked water tyrant: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
IUCN version 2013.2 using AWB
(No difference)

Revision as of 14:43, 29 May 2014

Masked Water Tyrant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
F. nengeta
Binomial name
Fluvicola nengeta
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Fluvicola atripennis

The Masked Water Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in its major range in eastern and southeastern Brazil in the caatinga and extreme eastern cerrado, and also Atlantic coastal regions; a second smaller disjunct range occurs on the Pacific side of South America in western Ecuador, and coastal border regions of northwest Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

References