Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus) [XC870925]
by id from Centro de humedales, Valdivia, Los R\u00edos, Chile (uncertain)
Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus) [XC449805]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Laguna Sofia, Puerto Natales, XII Regi\u00f3n, 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 Neuquén) south to Tierra del Fuego.
patagonicus (Hellmayr, 1920) - Western Argentina (southern Mendoza south to northern Santa Cruz).