Strange-tailed Tyrant

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

The Strange-tailed Tyrant is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Strange-tailed Tyrant (Alectrurus risora) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in northeastern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and three small separated localities in southern Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss, and is mostly extirpated (extinct) in Argentina. Approximately half of its range still exists in the north and northeast in southern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and western Uruguay. More

Images previous Strange-tailed tyrant imageStrange-tailed tyrant on tall grass © Gabriel Rojo / naturepl. More

Strange-tailed tyrant and streamer-tailed tyrant in Argentina - Hi all, I spent a month in Argentina at Christmas just gone. Whilst it was not a pure birding trip, I did get lots of information on birding sites to make the most of our time there. One of the species that I did really want to see out there was Strange-tailed Tyrant, but I did not find any trip reports that mentioned the species. More

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Strange-tailed Tyrant is considered vulnerable in terms of its conservation, mainly due to loss of native grasslands. Photo taken Feb.18 2006, Villa Hayes, Paraguay by Frank Fragano. To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. Comments view profile RicardoGSilva says: Impressive your fotos. Were do you live? Posted 51 months ago. More

Strange-tailed Tyrant Alectrurus risora At least five birds IB. Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus Only IG. ... http://www.birdlist.org/allbirds/allbirds5.htm Birds of the World 5: PASSERIFORMES, Tyrannidae, Agriornis murina, Lesser Shrike-Tyrant. PASSERIFORMES, Tyrannidae, Alectrurus risora, Strange-tailed Tyrant. ... http://www.birdlist.org/allbirds/es_por/aves_es_po_5.htm Aves Es Po 5: ...- ... Agriornis murina, Gaucho chico (Arg), Lesser Shrike-Tyrant. Alectrurus risora, Yetapá de collar (Arg), Bandeira-do-canipo, Strange-tailed Tyrant. ... http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/speciesIndex/Family_Tyrannidae_56_7. More

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Order : Passeriformes
Family : Tyrannidae
Genus : Alectrurus
Species : risora
Authority : (Vieillot, 1824)