Cattle Tyrant

Cattle Tyrant

Taxobox
name = Cattle Tyrant



status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Tyrannidae
genus = "Machetornis"
genus_authority =
species = "M. rixosa"
binomial = "Machetornis rixosa"
binomial_authority = (Vieillot, 1819)
synonyms =

The Cattle Tyrant ("Machetornis rixosa") is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is the only member of the genus "Machetornis".

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are pastureland and heavily degraded former forest.

Cattle Tyrants feed on parasitic arthropods on mammals, an example of mutualism.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/50018/all Machetornis rixosa] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.


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