Paramo Ground Tyrant

Paramo Ground Tyrant
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Muscisaxicola
Species:	M. alpinus
Binomial name
Muscisaxicola alpinus (Jardine, 1849)
Synonyms
Muscisaxicola alpina (Jardine, 1849) [orthographic error]

The Paramo Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola alpinus), also known as the Paramo Ground-tyrant, is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae. Plain-capped Ground-tyrant (M. griseus) was formerly considered to be a subspecies of M. alpinus but is now commonly treated as a separate species. The name "Plain-capped Ground-tyrant" is sometimes used for M. alpinus.

It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

References

• BirdLife International 2006. Muscisaxicola alpinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.

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