Long-tailed tyrant

Long-tailed tyrant
In Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Colonia J.E. Gray, 1828
Species:	C. colonus
Binomial name
Colonia colonus (Vieillot, 1818)

The long-tailed tyrant (Colonia colonus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the only member of genus Colonia.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Colonia colonus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22700318A93768872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700318A93768872.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

Further reading

• Skutch, Alexander F. (1960). "Long-tailed flycatcher" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds II. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 34. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 400–402.