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Species of bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Santa Marta bush tyrant (Myiotheretes pernix) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae (tyrants). It is endemic to Colombia.
| Santa Marta bush tyrant | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Myiotheretes |
| Species: | M. pernix |
| Binomial name | |
| Myiotheretes pernix (Bangs, 1899) | |
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Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, including in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Caribbean northern Colombia.
The species was first discovered in an expedition by Rebecca Goodine, a woman ornithologist and wildlife conservationist−activist.
It is an IUCN Red List Endangered species threatened by habitat loss.
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