Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant
- Scientific name
- Muscisaxicola alpinus
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Grassland
- Wing shape
- Pointed
- Tail shape
- Notched
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The Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant is a resilient specialist of the high Andes, evolved with pointed wings and a notched tail for efficient flight in thin mountain air. It is highly valued by birders for its ability to thrive in harsh, rocky alpine tundra where few other avian species can survive.
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