The southern antpipit (''Corythopis delalandi'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is one of two species in the genus '' Corythopis''. It is found in southern Brazil and the pantanal of Paraguay,

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and Brazil; also extreme north-eastern Argentina. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Distribution

Range: Pantanal, Cerrado and southeast Brazil

The range of the southern antpipit is a 3200 km by 3000 km contiguous area of southern Brazil bordered on the west by the pantanal and the southern cerrado. The range covers extreme eastern Bolivia, and extends eastward including the eastern half of Paraguay with the northeast tongue region of Argentina. Coastal ranges on the southern Atlantic extend from central Rio de Janeiro south to central São Paulo. There is no intersecting in the northern or western Cerrado with its other ''Corythopis'' species, the

ringed antpipit The ringed antpipit (''Corythopis torquatus'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is one of two species in the genus '' Corythopis''. It is found in the Amazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas, and Amazonia ...

, though its range extends upstream in the southern

Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...

into the northwestern Cerrado.

References

External links

FAUNA Paraguay A complete online guide to Paraguayan fauna
VIREO ttp://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Corythopis+delalandi Photo-High Res--(Close-up) Corythopis Birds of the Pantanal Birds of the Cerrado Birds of Brazil Birds of Bolivia Birds of Paraguay Birds of Argentina Birds described in 1831 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Tyrannidae-stub