Cattle tyrant

Cattle tyrant
Nominate Machetornis rixosa rixosa, Transpantaneira, Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Machetornis
G.R. Gray, 1841
Species:
M. rixosa
Binomial name
Machetornis rixosa
(Vieillot, 1819)
Synonyms

Machetornis rixosus (Vieillot, 1819)[2]

The cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. In Brazil, it is called suiriri-cavaleiro.[3] It is the only member of the genus Machetornis. The relationships of this species and genus to other genera in the tyrant flycatchers are uncertain. It resembles Tyrannus flycatchers, but this may be the result of convergence.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Machetornis rixosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22700321A118647319. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22700321A118647319.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Alan P. Peterson, M.D. "Machetornis rixosus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  3. ^ Sazima, I; Sazima, C (2010). "Brazilian cleaner birds: update and brief reappraisal" (PDF). Biota Neotropica. 10 (1): 327–331. doi:10.1590/S1676-06032010000100028.

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