- Ochthoeca nigrita
Identification
12 cm (4¾-5 in)
- Upperside and head including throat slaty to blackish
- White supercilium reaches just beyond the eye
- Long Rictal bristles
Juveniles have less white supercilium but shows a rufous wash to the dark areas.
Distribution
South America: found in Andes of western Venezuela (Mérida, western Barinas and Táchira)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Chestnut-bellied Chat-Tyrant, Maroon-belted Chat-Tyrant, and Blackish Chat-Tyrant formerly were one species named Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant.
Habitat
Along forested streams in mid elevation, to heights around 3000 m asl.
Behaviour
Their main diet consists of insects which they capture from a favorite perch. They rarely join mixed species flocks.
Vocalisation
A high pitch whistle with a hissing quality.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Farnsworth, A., J. del Hoyo, N. Collar, G. Langham, G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2022). Blackish Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca nigrita), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (N. D. Sly and S. M. Billerman, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.slbcht1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blackish Chat-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blackish_Chat-Tyrant
