Crowned chat-tyrant
The crowned chat-tyrant (Silvicultrix frontalis) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.
| Crowned chat-tyrant | |
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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
- BirdLife International (2012). "Ochthoeca frontalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- García-Moreno, J.; Arctander, P.; Fjeldså, J. (1998). "Pre-Pleistocene differentiation among chat-tyrants" (PDF). Condor. 100 (4): 629–640.
- "Updates to Birds of the World: A Checklist by James F. Clements. Fifth Edition. 2000".
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- BirdLife International (2004).
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