Agile Tit-Tyrant (Uromyias agilis)

Other Scientific Names
Uromyias agilis [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1856)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude shrubland. From 1,800 - 3,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela.

Andes of western Venezuela (M�rida, T�chira), eastern and central ranges of Colombia, and northern Ecuador (south to Cotopaxi on western slope, to northern Loja on eastern slope).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Agile Tit-Tyrant (Uromyias agilis) [XC133328]
by Hans Matheve from Bosque Protector Cooperativa Jima, Gualaquiza, Morona Santiago, Ecuador (call, song)

Agile Tit-Tyrant (Uromyias agilis) [XC59467]
by Ian Davies from Acanama, Loja, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus was long known as Spizitornis. This species and closely related Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant (Uromyias agraphia) often placed together in a separate genus, Uromyias, recognizable on basis of syringeal and plumage characters, but molecular evidence indicates that they are imbedded within present genus.

References
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