- Ochthoeca piurae
Identification
12-12.5 cm.
- Dark brown crown and face with prominent white frontal band and long supercilium
- Brown back, dusky brown on lower back and rump
- Duskier blackish wings with two broad rufous wingbars
- Dusky brown tail
- White or whitish throat
- Greyish breast and upper belly
- Whitish-grey lower belly and vent, white crissum
Sexes similar, juvenile undescribed.
Similar species
Similar to White-browed Chat-Tyrant but smaller.
Distribution
Endemic to northwestern Peru. Found on the western slope of the western Andes from Ancash north to Piura.
A restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Sometimes considered conspecific with White-browed Chat-Tyrant and may form a superspecies with it.
Habitat
Shrubby arid hillsides, at the edge of montane woodland, and in riparian thickets.
Occurs at 1200-3300 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds probably on insects. Usually forages singly or in pairs.
Breeding
No information available.
Movements
This is a resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Piura Chat-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Piura_Chat-Tyrant
External Links
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