Strange-tailed Tyrant (Alectrurus risora)
About the Strange-tailed Tyrant
The strange-tailed tyrant (Alectrurus risora) is a Vulnerable species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina and Paraguay and as a vagrant in Brazil and Uruguay. The strange-tailed tyrant was formally described in 1824 by Louis Pierre Vieillot as Muscicapa risora, erroneously placing it in the Old World flycatcher family. Ironically, in 1816 he had erected genus Alectrurus, to which the species was later moved. For a time it was placed in the monotypic genus Yetapa. The strange-tailed tyrant is monotypic. It shares genus Alectrurus with the cock-tailed tyrant (A. tricolor).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 3 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina in the xeno-canto catalogue.