Many-colored rush tyrant
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The many-colored rush tyrant or many-coloured rush tyrant (Tachuris rubrigastra) is a small passerine bird of South America belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae. It is the only member of the genus Tachuris and is sometimes placed in a separate monotypic family. It inhabits marshland and reedbeds around lakes and rivers. It is particularly associated with stands of Scirpus. The nest is built among plant stems.[2]
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Many-colored rush tyrant | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tachurididae |
Genus: | Tachuris Lafresnaye, 1836 |
Species: | T. rubrigastra |
Binomial name | |
Tachuris rubrigastra (Vieillot, 1817) | |
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