Rufous-tailed attila

The rufous-tailed attila (Attila phoenicurus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is a breeding resident in southern Paraguay and Brazil; also extreme northeast Argentina. It migrates northwestwards into the central Amazon Basin of North Region, Brazil in the austral winter and is also found in northeast border regions Bolivia and southern Venezuela during its wintering. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Rufous-tailed attila
Rufous-tailed attila at Tapiraí, São Paulo state, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Attila
Species:
A. phoenicurus
Binomial name
Attila phoenicurus
Pelzeln, 1868
  Non-Breeding
  Breeding

A molecular genetic study published in 2020 found that the rufous-tailed attila is sister to the cinnamon attila (Attila cinnamomeus).[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Attila phoenicurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22700334A131943271. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22700334A131943271.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Harvey, M.G.; et al. (2020). "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot". Science. 370 (6522): 1343–1348. doi:10.1126/science.aaz6970. hdl:10138/329703. A high resolution version of the phylogenetic tree in Figure 1 is available from the first author's website here.


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