Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher

Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher
Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Todirostrum
Species: T. viridanum
Binomial name
Todirostrum viridanum
Hellmayr, 1927

The Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum viridanum), also known as the Short-tailed Tody-Flycatcher, is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is endemic to arid scrub in the region near Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. It has formerly been considered a subspecies of the Common Tody-Flycatcher, which it resembles.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

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