Cock-tailed Tyrant vs

Alectrurus tricolor compared with Gloeothece fuscolutea

Key Differences

• Cock-tailed Tyrant is Vulnerable while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cock-tailed Tyrant
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Cyanobacteria (남조류)
Class	Aves (새)	Cyanobacteriia
Order	Passeriformes (참새목)	Cyanobacteriales
Family	Tyrannidae	Microcystaceae
Genus	Alectrurus	Gloeothece
Species	Alectrurus tricolor	Gloeothece fuscolutea

Conservation Status

Cock-tailed Tyrant

VU — Vulnerable

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cock-tailed Tyrant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cock-tailed Tyrant

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Cock-tailed Tyrant

The cock-tailed tyrant (Alectrurus tricolor) is a striking and unusual flycatcher in the family Tyrannidae, named for the remarkable elongated, spatula-shaped outer tail feathers of the male, which can exceed the body length and are displayed during aerial courtship flights over open grasslands. The species inhabits wet and seasonally flooded grasslands, cerrado savanna, and campos in the interior of South America, including central Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina — not Norway, as erroneous database entries suggest. Males combine conspicuous black, white, and rufous plumage with their extraordinary tail streamers in an elaborate display to attract females on leks; females are cryptically streaked brown. The cock-tailed tyrant is a ground- and low-vegetation forager, preying on insects and other small invertebrates gleaned from grass stems and caught in aerial sallies. The species is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN due to extensive and continuing conversion and degradation of its native Neotropical grassland habitat through intensive soy and sugarcane agriculture, cattle ranching, fire management changes, and drainage of seasonally flooded grasslands. Populations have declined significantly across much of its range, particularly in Brazil and Paraguay. The species is a flagship for threatened grassland conservation in South America, where relatively little protection has historically been directed at open-country habitats compared to forest ecosystems.

Gloeothece fuscolutea는 갈황색 젤라틴 외피에 파묻힌 세포를 형성하는 단세포 또는 군체성 남세균이다. 전 세계의 육상 및 수생 서식지에서 발견되며 일차 생산과 질소 고정에 기여한다. 보전 상태는 평가되지 않았다.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway