Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes flavirostris)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
10.50 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater & Salvin, 1876

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, high altitude shrubland. From 1,000 - 3,700 m, occasionally to 4,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes flavirostris) [XC388816]
by Rolf A. de By from Cabanaconde, Caylloma, Arequipa, Peru (song)

Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes flavirostris) [XC218499]
by Dries Van de Loock from Santa Eulalia Valley, Lima, Peru (song)

Subspecies
Genus was long known as Spizitornis. Plumage and molecular evidence suggest that present species is closely related to Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes alpinus).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

huancabambae (Chapman, 1924) - Northern Peru (Piura, Cajamarca, eastern La Libertad, Hu�nuco).
arequipae (Chapman, 1926) - South-western Peru (southern from Lima) south to north-western Chile (Arica, Tarapac�).
cuzcoensis (Chapman, 1924) - South-eastern Peru (Cuzco).
flavirostris Sclater & Salvin, 1876 - Breeds in high Andes of Bolivia and in western Argentina (south to Mendoza and northern Chubut); east to Buenos Aires and Entre R��os in non-breeding season.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes flavirostris) - 10 files

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