Long-tailed tyrant

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Long-tailed tyrant

| image = Colonia colonus -Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-8.jpg

| image_caption = In Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Colonia colonus |volume=2016 |page=e.T22700318A93768872 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700318A93768872.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Colonia

| parent_authority = J.E. Gray, 1828

| species = colonus

| authority = (Vieillot, 1818)

| synonyms =

| range_map = Colonia colonus map.svg

}}

The long-tailed tyrant (Colonia colonus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the only member of genus Colonia.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.