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Subspecies A. r. albiventris
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Reserva National Lomas de Lachay, Huaura, Lima, Peru, January 2017
Anairetes reguloides

Identification

11·5 cm (4½ in)
Male Nominate

  • Black crown
  • A few central white crown feathers, which are elongated to form untidy crest

Distribution

South America: found in Peru and Chile

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies:[1]

  • A. r. albiventris
  • Arid littoral of western Peru (Ancash to Ica and w Ayacucho)
  • A. r. reguloides
  • Arid southwestern Peru (southern Ayacucho) to extreme northern Chile (Tarapaca)

Habitat

Riparian thickets, arid and semi-arid montane scrub and hedgerows. Observed at heights around 375 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects. They forage alone, in small groups or in flocks with Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant.

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. DuBay, S. G. and C. C. Witt (2020). Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes reguloides), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.pcttyr1.01
  3. BF Member observations

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