D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant - BirdForum Opus

Nominate Subspecies
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Tafí del Valle, Abra del Infiernillo, Tucumán, Argentina, October 2019

Ochthoeca oenanthoides

Identification

14·5–17 cm (5¾-6¾ in)

• Dark grey upperparts
• Rusty underparts
• White lower belly to the base of tail
• Long broad supercilium

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Subspecies polionota
Photo © by BirdsPeru
Lima, Peru, December 2006

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• O. o. polionota:

• Andes of Peru (north to La Libertad and western Hu nuco)

• O. o. oenanthoides:

• Andes of Bolivia to extreme northern Chile and north-western Argentina

Habitat

High altitude shrublands and moist montanes. Xeriphytic scrub, observed at heights around 2,030 m

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists almost entirely of insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Farnsworth, A. & Langham, G. (2020). D'Orbigny's Chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca oenanthoides). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/57405 on 8 February 2020)
4. Birdforum Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/D%27Orbigny%27s_Chat-Tyrant

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