Crowned chat-tyrant

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

Crowned chat-tyrant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Silvicultrix
Species:
S. frontalis
Binomial name
Silvicultrix frontalis
(Lafresnaye, 1847)

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]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Ochthoeca frontalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. García-Moreno, J.; Arctander, P.; Fjeldså, J. (1998). "Pre-Pleistocene differentiation among chat-tyrants" (PDF). Condor. 100 (4): 629–640.
  3. "Updates to Birds of the World: A Checklist by James F. Clements. Fifth Edition. 2000".
  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).


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