Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus) [XC449802]
by Peter Boesman from El Yeso road (lower part), Regi\u00f3n Metropolitana, Chile (song)
Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus) [XC537790]
by Cristian Pinto from Piedra Azul Alto, Puerto Montt, Llanquihue, Los Lagos, Chile (duet, song)
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).