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Cock-tailed Tyrant

Alectrurus tricolor
Family
Tyrant Flycatchers
Order
Passeriformes
Codes
cottyr1, CTTY
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
SpeciesAlectrurus tricolor
Codescottyr1, CTTY
Identification

The Cock-tailed Tyrant (Alectrurus tricolor) is a member of the Tyrant Flycatchers family within the order Passeriformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code cottyr1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Black-capped Piprites
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Kinglet Calyptura
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Cinnamon-crested Spadebill
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Cock-tailed Tyrant photo
(c) Carlos Sanchez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Carlos Sanchez

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Alectrurus tricolor

Family: Tyrant Flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes

eBird Code: cottyr1