- Silvicultrix diadema
Ochthoeca diadema
Identification
12–12·5 cm
- Dark olive crown
- Yellow forehead
- Long yellow supercilium
- Long rictal bristles
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru.
Taxonomy
Has been placed in genus Ochthoeca in the past.
Subspecies
There are 5 subspecies[1]:
- S. d. jesupi: No bars on the wings
- Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)
- S. d. rubellula:
- North-eastern Colombia (Sierra de Perijá) and north-western Venezuela (Zulia)
- S. d. tovarensis:
- Coastal cordillera of northern Venezuela (Aragua and Distrito Federal)
- S. d. diadema:
- Eastern Andes of Colombia and western Venezuela
- S. d. gratiosa:
Habitat
Moist evergreen montanes and woodlands.
Behaviour
Furtive.
Diet
Their diet consists almost entirely of insects, mostly small beetles.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-bellied_Chat-Tyrant
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1
