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title: "Roodrugnegrito"
description: "Lessonia rufa — Vogels. The austral negrito or Patagonian negrito (Lessonia rufa) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/austral-negrito
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Roodrugnegrito

> Lessonia rufa — Vogels. The austral negrito or Patagonian negrito (Lessonia rufa) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Lessonia rufa*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3839
- Wikidata: [Q1267790](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1267790)
- iNaturalist taxon: [17310](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/17310)

## Names

- en: Austral Negrito
- de: Patagoniensporntyrann
- es: Sobrepuesto austral
- fr: Lessonie noire
- nl: Roodrugnegrito
- pt: Colegial
- pl: Negrzyk patagoński

## Countries with the most observations

AR (2081), CL (1501), UY (74), BR (24)

## Summary

The austral negrito or Patagonian negrito (Lessonia rufa) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay and has occurred as a vagrant in Peru and on the Falkland Islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral_negrito

## Photo

![Roodrugnegrito](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/austral-negrito/medium.jpg)

Photo: ferferrari · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236372165

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/austral-negrito?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).