• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Where premium quality meets exceptional value. ZEISS Conquest HDX.

Difference between revisions of "Andean Tyrant" - BirdForum Opus

m (spelling of cabanisi (not cabanasi))
(Photo caption. Taxonomy expanded. References)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{incomplete}}
 
{{incomplete}}
[[Image:Andean_Tyrant.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Fritz73|Fritz73}}]]
+
[[Image:Andean_Tyrant.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Fritz73|Fritz73}}<br />[[Calilegua National Park]], Jujuy, [[Argentina]], 1999]]
 
;[[:Category:Knipolegus|Knipolegus]] signatus
 
;[[:Category:Knipolegus|Knipolegus]] signatus
 
'''Includes Plumbeous Tyrant and Berlioz's Tyrant'''
 
'''Includes Plumbeous Tyrant and Berlioz's Tyrant'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Argentina]], [[Bolivia]], and [[Peru]] <sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>
+
[[Argentina]], [[Bolivia]], and [[Peru]]
 
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Clements accepts two subspecies:
+
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
* ''K. s. signatus''
+
*''K. s. signatus'':
* ''K. s. cabanisi''
+
:*Eastern slope of Andes of [[Peru]] (Cajamarca to Junín)
''Cabanisi'' is sometimes split as '''Plumbeous Tyrant''', but this split is not widely accepted. A third form, ''subflammulatus'' (Berlioz's Tyrant) is not accepted by any of the major authorities.
+
*''K. s. cabanisi'':
 +
:*Andes of south-eastern [[Peru]] (Cuzco) to western [[Bolivia]] and northern [[Argentina]]
  
 +
''Cabanisi'' is sometimes split as '''Plumbeous Tyrant''', but this split is not widely accepted. A third form, ''subflammulatus'' (Berlioz's Tyrant) <sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> is not accepted by any of the major authorities.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist montanes. <sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>
+
Moist montanes.  
 
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
 
==References==
 
==References==
#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_Tyrant Wikipedia]
+
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
#[http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&id=C38BE799C19C382E&ts=1229369336328&sec=summary Avibase]
+
#Wikipedia
 
+
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Knipolegus+signatus}}  
 
{{GSearch|Knipolegus+signatus}}  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Knipolegus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Knipolegus]]

Revision as of 20:15, 21 June 2009


Stub.png This article is incomplete.
This article is missing one or more sections. You can help the BirdForum Opus by expanding it.
Stub.png


Knipolegus signatus

Includes Plumbeous Tyrant and Berlioz's Tyrant

Identification

Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

  • K. s. signatus:
  • Eastern slope of Andes of Peru (Cajamarca to Junín)
  • K. s. cabanisi:

Cabanisi is sometimes split as Plumbeous Tyrant, but this split is not widely accepted. A third form, subflammulatus (Berlioz's Tyrant) [2] is not accepted by any of the major authorities.

Habitat

Moist montanes.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

Recommended Citation

External Links

Back
Top