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Western Black-tailed Tityra

Tityra cayana

Classification

Class
Aves

The black-tailed tityra (Tityra cayana) is a medium-sized passerine bird of tropical South America. The tityras have been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher families (Cotingidae and Tyrannidae) by various authors. But the weight of evidence strongly suggest they and their closest relatives are better separated as Tityridae; the AOU for example advocates this separation.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 7,122Peru · 2,252