Patagonian Tyrant

Patagonian Tyrant
Patagonian Tyrant
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Colorhamphus
Species: C. parvirostris
Binomial name
Colorhamphus parvirostris
(Darwin, 1839)
Synonyms

Ochthoeca parvirostris

The Patagonian Tyrant (Colorhamphus parvirostris) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the only one in the genus Colorhamphus.

It is found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. Though it is a primarily insectivorous species, it has been seen also to eat the seeds of mayten and the fruit of leñadura.

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