Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant
Muscipipra vetula(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
English (US) Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant
UK name: Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant
The Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant (Muscipipra vetula) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais) to eastern Paraguay and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Muscipipra vetula
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant
- English (UK)
- Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- M[uscicapa] vetula
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
- Type locality
- Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Original description
- Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen p.53
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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