Strange-tailed tyrant

Strange-tailed tyrant
	A male strange-tailed tyrant at Iberá Wetlands, Corrientes Province, Argentina
	Female
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Alectrurus
Species:	A. risora
Binomial name
	Alectrurus risora; (Vieillot, 1824)

The strange-tailed tyrant (Alectrurus risora) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.

It is found in northeastern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and three small separated localities in southern Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical, tropical, dry lowland, or grassland.

It is threatened by habitat loss, and is mostly extirpated (extinct) apart from the Iberia Marshlands where you can still see them very rarely in Argentina. Approximately half of its range still exists in the north and northeast in southern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and western Uruguay.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Alectrurus risora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet.
Strange-tailed tyrant photo gallery VIREO Photo--High Res
Photo-High Res; Article borderland-tours http://www.rincondelsocorro.com/en-us/actividades/avistaje-de-aves.htm

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Alectrurus risora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.