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Plain-capped Ground-tyrant




  Color pink
  Name Plain-capped Ground-tyrant
  Status LC
  Regnum Animalia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Ordo Passeriformes
  Familia Tyrannidae
  Genus '' Muscisaxicola ''
  Species '''''M alpinus'''''
  Binomial ''Muscisaxicola alpinus''
  Binomial Authority ( Jardine , 1849)
  Synonyms ''Muscisaxicola alpina'' (Jardine, 1849) error


The Plain-capped Ground-tyrant or '''Paramo Ground-tyrant''' ('''''Muscisaxicola alpinus''''') is a species of Bird in the Tyrant Flycatcher family, Tyrannidae. Taczanowski's Ground-tyrant (''M. griseus'') was formerly considered to be a Subspecies of ''M. alpinus'' but is now commonly treated as a separate species. The name "Plain-capped Ground-tyrant" is sometimes used for ''M. griseus'' rather than ''M. alpinus''.

It is found in Colombia and Ecuador . Its natural Habitat s are subtropical or tropical high-altitude Shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude Grassland .


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