Rufous-webbed bush tyrant

The rufous-webbed bush tyrant (Cnemarchus rufipennis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found mostly in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru with a few records in Chile,^[1][2] where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.^[3]

Rufous-webbed bush tyrant
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Cnemarchus
Species:	C. rufipennis
Binomial name
Cnemarchus rufipennis (Taczanowski, 1874)
Synonyms
Myiotheretes rufipennis (Taczanowski, 1874)

Taxonomy

The rufous-webbed bush tyrant was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Polioxolmis. It was moved to Cnemarchus based on the results of genetic studies published in 2020.^[4][5][6][7]