The streamer-tailed tyrant (Gubernetes yetapa) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the only one in the genus Gubernetes.
Streamer-tailed tyrant | |
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In Piraju, São Paulo, Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Gubernetes Such, 1825 |
Species: | G. yetapa |
Binomial name | |
Gubernetes yetapa (Vieillot, 1818) | |
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It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
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References
- Diego Caballero-Sadi & Thierry Rabau (2009). "First record of Streamer-tailed Tyrant Gubernetes yetapa in Uruguay". Cotinga. 31: 82.