Crowned chat-tyrant

Crowned chat-tyrant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Ochthoeca
Species: O. frontalis
Binomial name
Ochthoeca frontalis
(Lafresnaye, 1847)
Synonyms

Silvicultrix frontalis

The crowned chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca frontalis) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.

Taxonomy

Clements splits this species, with the subspecies frontalis, albidiadema and orientalis remaining as crowned chat-tyrant, and spodionota and boliviana becoming Peruvian chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca spodionota.[2]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[3]

References

Notes

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Ochthoeca frontalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Clements (2000).
  3. BirdLife International (2004).

Sources


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