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Cattle tyrant

Machetornis rixosa (Vieillot, 1819)

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The cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa) is a species in the family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 29.6 g to 34 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa)
Photo: Jullowy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the cattle tyrant

Weight
29.6 g – 34 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cattle tyrant live?

Not recorded

What is the cattle tyrant?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. In Brazil, it is called suiriri-cavaleiro. It is the only member of the genus Machetornis. The relationships of this species and genus to other genera in the tyrant flycatchers are uncertain. It resembles Tyrannus flycatchers, but this may be the result of convergence.

From the Wikipedia article “Cattle tyrant” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cattle_tyrant&oldid=1330088125), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the cattle tyrant endangered?

The cattle tyrant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the cattle tyrant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyTyrannidae
  6. genusMachetornis
  7. SpeciesMachetornis rixosa (Vieillot, 1819)

Synonyms Chrysolophus ambulans, Chrysolophus ambulans, Machetornis rixosus, Machetornis rixosus, Machetornis rixosus, Machetornis rixosus, Tyrannus rixosus

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • tirà ramaderCatalan
  • tyranovec dlouhonohýCzech
  • teyrn gwarthegWelsh
  • KvægtyranDanish
  • StelzentyrannGerman
  • GraslandtyrannGerman
  • bova tiranoEsperanto
  • PicabueySpanish
  • Atrapamoscas JineteSpanish
  • Sirirí bueyeroSpanish
  • veisetikatEstonian
  • paimentyranniFinnish
  • Tyran querelleurFrench
  • Moucherolle querelleurFrench
  • muhar govedarCroatian
  • pásztortirannuszHungarian
  • Tiranno guardabuoiItalian
  • ウシタイランチョウJapanese
  • galvijinis tironasLithuanian
  • VeetiranDutch
  • kvegtyrannNorwegian
  • Pímpiri VakeroPapiamento
  • krowiarekPolish
  • suiriri-cavaleiroPortuguese
  • caça-moscas-cavaleiroPortuguese
  • Коровий тираннRussian
  • Краснохохлый тираннRussian
  • gura dobytčiaSlovak
  • Tiranka govedaricaSerbian
  • kotyrannSwedish
  • Sığır TiranıTurkish
  • пікабуїUkrainian
  • 牛霸鶲Chinese
  • 牛霸鹟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the cattle tyrant

Other species in the same family Tyrannidae.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the cattle tyrant?

An adult cattle tyrant weighs 29.6 g – 34 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the cattle tyrant endangered?

The cattle tyrant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the cattle tyrant?

The cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa) belongs to the family Tyrannidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cattle-tyrant

MLA

“Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cattle-tyrant.

BibTeX
@misc{cattle_tyrant_2026,
  title = {Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cattle-tyrant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}