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Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant

Muscisaxicola alpinus
Family
Tyrant Flycatchers
Order
Passeriformes
Codes
plcgrt1, PGTY, PCGT
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
SpeciesMuscisaxicola alpinus
Codesplcgrt1, PGTY, PCGT
Identification

The Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant (Muscisaxicola alpinus) 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 plcgrt1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

Related Species in Tyrant Flycatchers
Wing-barred Piprites
Piprites chloris
Gray-headed Piprites
Piprites griseiceps
Black-capped Piprites
Piprites pileata
Cinnamon Manakin-Tyrant
Neopipo cinnamomea
Kinglet Calyptura
Calyptura cristata
Cinnamon-crested Spadebill
Platyrinchus saturatus
Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant photo
(c) Ryan Shaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Muscisaxicola alpinus

Family: Tyrant Flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes

eBird Code: plcgrt1