Slaty-backed chat-tyrant
| Slaty-backed chat-tyrant | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Ochthoeca |
| Species: | O. cinnamomeiventris |
| Binomial name | |
| Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris (Lafresnaye, 1843) | |
The slaty-backed chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Taxonomy
Clements splits this species, with the subspecies thoracica being raised to species level as maroon-belted chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca thoracica). The subspecies nigrita is also sometimes considered a full species, the blackish chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca nigrita).
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Updates to Birds of the World: A Checklist by James F. Clements. Fifth Edition. 2000.
- García-Moreno, Jaime, Peter Arctander and Jon Fjeldså. 1998. Pre-Pleistocene Differentiation Among Chat-Tyrants. The Condor 100:629-640
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