Yellow-billed tit-tyrant

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Yellow-billed tit-tyrant
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An example in Peru
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Anairetes
Species:
A. flavirostris
Binomial name
Anairetes flavirostris
Anairetes flavirostris map.svg
  Non-Breeding
  Year-round

The yellow-billed tit-tyrant (Anairetes flavirostris) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

Taxonomy

The yellow-billed tit-tyrant's genus, Anairetes , is believed to be most closely related to the genera Mecocerculus and Serpophaga ; however, there is no definitive evidence supporting this claim. [2] Members of the genus Anairetes are known commonly as tit-tyrants because their active foraging behavior and crests are reminiscent of the true tits in the family Paridae. [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Anairetes flavirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22699397A93729681. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699397A93729681.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. del Hoyo 2004, p. 176
  3. del Hoyo 2004, p. 177

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