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Tyrannus savana

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Tyrannidae
  • Polytypic 4 Subspecies

Authors: Jahn, A.E., and D.T. Tuero

Conservation

Conservation status

Listed by the IUCN (2012) as Least Concern, with a stable population trend. 

Effects of human activity on populations

Marini et al. (2009) suggested that nesting densities of Fork-tailed Flycatchers are higher in cerrado habitat that has been altered by human activities, compared to pristine cerrado, possibly because the species prefers to nest in more open landscapes with fewer trees. 

Recommended Citation

Jahn, A.E., and D.T. Tuero. 2013. Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=482636