Other Scientific Names
Ochthoeca salvini [Collar and Andrew (1988)], Ochthoeca salvini [Collar et al. (1994)], Ochthoeca salvini [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]
North-western Peru, from Tumbes south to La Libertad.
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction with logging, understorey clearance and loss of riverine thickets to irrigated agriculture, and over-grazing by goats, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Tumbes Tyrant (Tumbezia salvini) [XC313424]
by id from Loja: Zapotillo, Ecuador (call)
Tumbes Tyrant (Tumbezia salvini) [XC226829]
by Roger Ahlman from El Limon, Lambayeque, Peru (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Affinities uncertain. Sometimes placed near similarly plumaged Satrapa. Sometimes included in genus Ochthoeca on basis partly of similar syringeal characters, nesting habits and egg coloration.