- Strange-tailed Tyrant
Taxobox
name = Strange-tailed Tyrant
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Tyrannidae
genus = "Alectrurus "
species = "A. risora"
binomial = "Alectrurus risora"
binomial_authority = (Vieillot, 1824)
synonyms = The Strange-tailed Tyrant ("Alectrurus risora") is a species ofbird in theTyrannidae family.It is found in northeastern
Argentina ,Paraguay ,Uruguay , and three small separated localities in southernBrazil . Its naturalhabitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowlandgrassland .It is threatened by
habitat loss , and is mostlyextirpated (extinct) in Argentina. Approximately half of its range still exists in the north and northeast in southern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and western Uruguay.ource
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/835/all Alectrurus risora] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
External links
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=4359&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=strange-tailed+tyrant&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Strange-tailed Tyrant photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Alectrurus+risora Photo--High Res]
* [http://borderland-tours.com/v2/images/stories/borderland/gallery_photos/argentina/strange-tailed%20tyrant.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://borderland-tours.com/v2/content/view/55/77/ Article] borderland-tours
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