- Tityra inquisitor
Identification
16·5–20·5 cm (6½-8 in)
Male
Female
- Brown head
Distribution
Central and South America
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 6 subspecies[1]:
- T. i. albitorques:
- T. i. buckleyi:
- T. i. erythrogenys:
- T. i. fraserii:
- T. i. inquisitor:
- T. i. pelzelni:
Habitat
Atlantic Rainforest, forest edges, semi-open lowland humid forest and littoral forest.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of fruit, though they feed mostly invertebrates to their young.
Breeding
They utilise old woodpecker holes in dead trees for the nest.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
- Encyclopaedia Brittanica
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-crowned Tityra. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-crowned_Tityra
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.