- Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet
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Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae Genus: Phylloscartes Species: P. ventralis Binomial name Phylloscartes ventralis
(Temminck, 1824)The Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis) is a generally common, small species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It occurs in two disjunct populations, one associated with montane Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina and Uruguay, and another found in forest growing on the east Andean slope in Peru, Bolivia and north-western Argentina. A very active bird usually seen with its tail held cocked.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Phylloscartes ventralis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
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