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| - | | + | [[Image:Andean_Tyrant.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Fritz73|Fritz73}}<br />[[Calilegua National Park]], Jujuy, [[Argentina]], 1999]] |
| - | ;Knipolegus signatus | + | ;[[:Category:Knipolegus|Knipolegus]] signatus |
| - | [[Image:Andean_Tyrant.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Fritz73]] | + | '''Includes Plumbeous Tyrant and Berlioz's Tyrant''' |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | 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. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | [[Argentina]], [[Bolivia]], and [[Peru]] | + | East side of Andes in [[Argentina]], [[Bolivia]], [[Peru]], and extreme southern [[Ecuador]] |
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| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | It has been split into 3 species: | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| - | | + | *''K. s. signatus'': |
| - | * ''K signatus'' | + | :*Eastern slope of Andes of [[Peru]] (Cajamarca to Junín) |
| - | | + | *''K. s. cabanisi'': |
| - | * ''K cabanisi'' | + | :*Andes of south-eastern [[Peru]] (Cuzco) to western [[Bolivia]] and northern [[Argentina]] |
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| - | * ''K subflammulatus'' | + | |
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| | + | ''Cabanisi'' is sometimes split as '''Plumbeous Tyrant'''; this split is not widely accepted, but recent data may change that<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== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Moist montanes. | + | Montane forest and woodland where mostly found in lower growth patches. |
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| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | Rarely joins mixed species flocks |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2390520 Birdforum thread] discussing the taxonomy of this and related species |
| | + | #Avibase |
| | + | # Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8 |
| | + | #Wikipedia |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Knipolegus+signatus}} | | {{GSearch|Knipolegus+signatus}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Knipolegus]] |
Current revision
- Knipolegus signatus
Includes Plumbeous Tyrant and Berlioz's Tyrant
[edit] Identification
Male of northern form almost uniform dull black with reddish-brown eye. Female similar to southern form but darker.
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.
[edit] Distribution
East side of Andes in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and extreme southern Ecuador
[edit] Taxonomy
- Eastern slope of Andes of Peru (Cajamarca to Junín)
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Cabanisi is sometimes split as Plumbeous Tyrant; this split is not widely accepted, but recent data may change that[2]. A third form, subflammulatus (Berlioz's Tyrant) [3] is not accepted by any of the major authorities.
[edit] Habitat
Montane forest and woodland where mostly found in lower growth patches.
[edit] Behaviour
Rarely joins mixed species flocks
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of this and related species
- Avibase
- Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
- Wikipedia
[edit] External Links
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