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| − | [[Image:Andean_Tyrant.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Fritz73|Fritz73}}<br />[[Calilegua National Park]], Jujuy, [[Argentina]], 1999]]
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| − | ;[[:Category:Knipolegus|Knipolegus]] signatus
| + | '''Andean Tyrant''' may refer to one of two species previously considered conspecific under the name '''Andean Tyrant''' (''Knipolegus signatus''): |
| − | '''Includes Plumbeous Tyrant, Jelski’s Black-Tyrant and Berlioz's Tyrant''' | |
| − | ==Identification==
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| − | Male of northern form almost uniform dull black with reddish-brown eye. Female similar to southern form but darker.
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| − | Male of southern form ("Plumbeous Tyrant") is dark slaty-grey (wings and tail darker) with reddish eye and blue-grey bill. Female has brownish upperside greyish underside with some olive streaking, two buff wing bars, rufous rump and edging on tail, and a brownish eye.
| + | *'''[[Plumbeous Black Tyrant]]''' - ''Knipolegus cabanisi'' |
| − | ==Distribution==
| + | *'''[[Jelski's Black Tyrant]]''' - ''Knipolegus signatus'' |
| − | East side of Andes in [[Argentina]], [[Bolivia]], [[Peru]], and extreme southern [[Ecuador]]
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| − | ==Taxonomy==
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| − | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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| − | *''K. s. signatus'': | |
| − | :*Eastern slope of Andes of [[Peru]] (Cajamarca to Junín)
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| − | *''K. s. cabanisi'':
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| − | :*Andes of south-eastern [[Peru]] (Cuzco) to western [[Bolivia]] and northern [[Argentina]]
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| − | ''Cabanisi'' is sometimes split as '''Plumbeous Tyrant'''; this split is gaining acceptance, and may soon be reflected in world wide checklists<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>. A third form, ''subflammulatus'' (Berlioz's Tyrant) <sup>[[#References|[3]]]</sup> is not accepted by any of the major authorities. | |
| − | ==Habitat==
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| − | Montane forest and woodland where mostly found in lower growth patches.
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| − | ==Behaviour==
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| − | Rarely joins mixed species flocks
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| − | ==References==
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| − | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2390520 Birdforum thread] discussing the taxonomy of this and related species
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| − | #Avibase
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| − | # Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
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| − | #Wikipedia
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| − | {{ref}}
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| − | ==External Links==
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| − | {{GSearch|Knipolegus+signatus}}
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| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Knipolegus]]
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