Black-crested Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes nigrocristatus)

Other Names (World)
Black-crested Tit-Tyrant, Maranon Tit-Tyrant

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Taczanowski, 1884

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude shrubland. From 2,000 - 4,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador, Peru.

Extreme southern Ecuador (southern Loja) and northern Peru (Cajamarca south to eastern Ancash and Hu�nuco).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Black-crested Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes nigrocristatus) [XC218507]
by John V. Moore from Llanganuco lake area, Ancash, Peru (call, song)

Black-crested Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes nigrocristatus) [XC258738]
by Paul Coopmans from Loja: Bosque de Hanne, 2 km WSW Utuana, Ecuador (call, calls)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus was long known as Spizitornis. Forms a superspecies with Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes reguloides), and the two are often treated as conspecific.

References
See References.

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