Black-crowned tityra

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Black-crowned tityra
Black-crowned tityra.jpg
Male, Rio Silanche Reserve, NW Ecuador
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Genus: Tityra
Species:
T. inquisitor
Binomial name
Tityra inquisitor
Tityra inquisitor map.svg
Synonyms

Erator inquisitor
Psaris fraserii

The black-crowned tityra (Tityra inquisitor) is a medium-sized passerine bird. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae.

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It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

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Syntypes of Psaris fraserii Kaup (NML-VZ D1868; NML-VZ D1868a) held at World Museum, National Museums Liverpool NML-VZ D1868 NML-VZ D1868a Psaris fraserii.jpg
Syntypes of Psaris fraserii Kaup (NML-VZ D1868; NML-VZ D1868a) held at World Museum, National Museums Liverpool

The syntypes of Psaris fraserii Kaup (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 19. ,1851 (1852), p.47. pl. 37-38), an adult male and female, are held in the vertebrate zoology collection of National Museums Liverpool at World Museum, with accession number NML-VZ D1868 and NML-VZ D1868a. The specimen came to the Liverpool national collection via the 13th Earl of Derby’s collection which was bequeathed to the people of Liverpool in 1851. [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Tityra inquisitor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22700692A93792825. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700692A93792825.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Tityra inquisitor (Black-crowned Tityra) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. R. Wagstaffe (1 December 1978). Type Specimens of Birds in the Merseyside County Museums (formerly City of Liverpool Museums).

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