Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
10.90 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Kittlitz, 1830)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude shrubland. From sea-level - 4,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Vagrant to Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

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 (26)...)

Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus) [XC537790]
by Cristian Pinto from Piedra Azul Alto, Puerto Montt, Llanquihue, Los Lagos, Chile (duet, song)

Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus) [XC759163]
by Gabriel Morales from Plaza Panama, Vitacura, Santiago, Regi\u00f3n Metropolitana, Chile (call)

Subspecies
Genus was long known as Spizitornis. Molecular data indicate that this species and Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes fernandezianus) form a superspecies.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

aequatorialis von Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 - Andes from southern Colombia south to western Bolivia and northern Argentina (south to Salta and Jujuy).
parulus (Kittlitz, 1830) - Western Chile (from Atacama) and south-western Argentina (from western Neuqu�n) south to Tierra del Fuego.
patagonicus (Hellmayr, 1920) - Western Argentina (southern Mendoza south to northern Santa Cruz).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus) - 10 files

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