Tufted Tit-Tyrant - BirdForum Opus

Nominate subspecies
Photo © by Luis R
Santiago de Chile, July 2015

Anairetes parulus

Identification

Subspecies aequatorialis
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Ondores, Junín, Peru, August 2017

9·5 cm (3¾ in)

• Thin black crest curling forwards
• Concealed small white crown patch
• Streaked underparts
• Pale yellow eye

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• A. p. aequatorialis:

• Andes of southern Colombia to northern Argentina (Salta and Jujuy)

• A. p. patagonicus:

• Western Argentina (southern Mendoza to northern Santa Cruz)

• A. p. parulus:

• Andes of Chile and south-western Argentina to Tierra del Fuego

Habitat

Montane shrublands. Cloud forest and forest edges, farmland, gardens and parks.

Behaviour

Diet

They forage in pairs or family groups for insects. Occasionally seen in mixed species flocks.

References

1. 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/
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset
4. BF Member observations
5. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Tufted Tit-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tufted_Tit-Tyrant

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