Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes alpinus)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Carriker, 1933)

Habitat
Semi-humid, mixed Polylepis-Gynoxys woodland. From 3,700 - 4,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia (B), Peru (B).

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

Population
Estimated population is 250 - 999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Heavy grazing and the uncontrolled use of fire, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Call is a soft, rolling series of nasal, repeated 'crriu' notes.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes alpinus) [XC74468]
by id from Abra Malaga, Cusco, Peru (call)

Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes alpinus) [XC218496]
by Andrew Spencer from Abra Malaga area, Cuzco, Peru (call)

Subspecies
Genus was long known as Spizitornis. Formerly treated in monotypic genus Yanacea, but plumage and molecular evidence suggest close relationship with Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes flavirostris).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

alpinus (Carriker, 1933) - Western Andean slope in northern Peru (Ancash, La Libertad).
bolivianus (Carriker, 1935) - South-eastern Peru (Cuzco, Apur��mac) and north-western Bolivia (La Paz).

Similar Species
Other Anairetes spp. are heavily streaked below, but Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant (Uromyias agraphia) has a plain crest, pale eyebrow and brown upperparts.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes alpinus) - 10 files

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