Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus) [XC696435]
by Cristian Pinto Fernandez from Reserva Rio Blanco, Chile (call)
Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus) [XC295892]
by Cristian Pinto from Torres del Paine, XII Region, 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).