Crowned Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix frontalis)

Other Scientific Names
Silvicultrix frontalis [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1847)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude shrubland. From 2,300 - 4,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

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 (15)...)

Crowned Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix frontalis) [XC249500]
by Niels Krabbe from Bol\u00edvar: 10 km NW Salinas, Ecuador (song)

Crowned Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix frontalis) [XC364208]
by id from Napo: W of Papallacta, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed with Golden-browed Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix pulchella), Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix diadema) and Jelski's Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix jelskii) in a separate genus, Silvicultrix, but genetic and anatomical data indicate that this would make present genus paraphyletic. All form a superspecies. Golden-browed Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix pulchella) and Jelski's Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix jelskii) previously considered subspecies of present species. Described subspecies orientalis (from Ecuador) synonymized with nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

albidiadema (Lafresnaye, 1848) - Eastern Andes of Colombia (Bogot�).
frontalis (Lafresnaye, 1847) - Western and central Andes of Colombia and both slopes in Ecuador.
boliviana Carriker, 1935 - Andes of central and southern Peru (San Mart�n south to Hu�nuco, and Urubamba Valley in southern Cuzco) and Bolivia (eastern slope from La Paz south-east to Santa Cruz). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern Crowned Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca spodionota).
spodionota Berlepsch and Stolzmann, 1896 - Jun�n, western Cuzco (in Cordillera Vilcabamba) and adjoining Ayacucho, in central Peru. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Southern Crowned Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca spodionota).

References
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Files:

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