Biology:Crowned chat-tyrant

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Short description: Species of bird

Crowned chat-tyrant
Silvicultrix frontalis Crowned Chat-Tyrant; Satipo Road, Junín, Peru.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Silvicultrix
Species:
S. frontalis
Binomial name
Silvicultrix frontalis
(Lafresnaye, 1847)
Ochthoeca frontalis map.svg

The crowned chat-tyrant (Silvicultrix frontalis) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.

Taxonomy

Clements splits this species, with the subspecies frontalis, albidiadema and orientalis remaining as crowned chat-tyrant, and spodionota and boliviana becoming Peruvian chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca spodionota.[2][3][4]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q27075172 entry