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Baird's flycatcher

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Baird's flycatcher
from Buenaventura Reserve to Machara - Ecuador
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Myiodynastes
Species:
M. bairdii
Binomial name
Myiodynastes bairdii
(Gambel, 1847) [2]
Synonyms

S[aurophagus] bairdii (protonym)

Baird's flycatcher (Myiodynastes bairdii) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

This bird was named after Spencer Fullerton Baird, a 19th-century naturalist.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Myiodynastes bairdii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22700569A130208067. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22700569A130208067.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gambel, 1847. S[aurophagus] bairdii (protonym). Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1, p. 40 BHL