Baird's flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Myiodynastes |
Species: | M. bairdii |
Binomial name | |
Myiodynastes bairdii (Gambel, 1847) |
The Baird's flycatcher (Myiodynastes bairdii) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
This bird was named after Spencer Fullerton Baird, a 19th-century naturalist.