Crowned chat-tyrant

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Crowned chat-tyrant
Silvicultrix frontalis Crowned Chat-Tyrant; Satipo Road, Junin, Peru.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Silvicultrix
Species:
S. frontalis
Binomial name
Silvicultrix frontalis
(Lafresnaye, 1847)
Ochthoeca frontalis map.svg

The crowned chat-tyrant (Silvicultrix frontalis) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.

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Taxonomy

Clements splits this species, with the subspecies frontalis, albidiadema and orientalis remaining as crowned chat-tyrant, and spodionota and boliviana becoming Peruvian chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca spodionota. [2] [3] [4]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. [5]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Silvicultrix frontalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22699898A93754981. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699898A93754981.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. García-Moreno, J.; Arctander, P.; Fjeldså, J. (1998). "Pre-Pleistocene differentiation among chat-tyrants" (PDF). Condor. 100 (4): 629–640. doi:10.2307/1369744. JSTOR   1369744.
  3. "Updates to Birds of the World: A Checklist by James F. Clements. Fifth Edition. 2000". Archived from the original on 2006-02-08.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. BirdLife International (2004).