Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus) [XC725510]
by Cristian Pinto Fernandez from Vitacura (near Santiago), Santiago, Regi\u00f3n Metropolitana, Chile (call)
Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus) [XC396563]
by Peter Boesman from El Bols\u00f3n, Bariloche, R\u00edo Negro, Argentina (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).