Strange-tailed tyrant

The strange-tailed tyrant (Alectrurus risora) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.

It is found in northeastern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and three small separated localities in southern Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical, tropical, dry lowland, or grassland.

Strange-tailed tyrants are threatened by habitat loss, and are largely extirpated apart from the Iberá Wetlands where they can be seen occasionally. Approximately half of its range still exists in the north and northeast in southern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and western Uruguay.