Cattle Tyrant
Machetornis rixosa
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The cattle tyrant is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. In Brazil, it is called suiriri-cavaleiro. It is the only member of the genus Machetornis. The relationships of this species and genus to other genera in the tyrant flycatchers are uncertain. It resembles Tyrannus flycatchers, but this may be the result of convergence.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Machetornis