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[[Image:TuftedTitTtyrantLR.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Nominate subspecies<br />Photo by {{user|Luis+R|Luis R}} <br /> Huiscapi, Araucanía, [[Chile]], December, 2016]]
 
;[[:Category:Anairetes|Anairetes]] parulus
 
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[[Image:TuftedTitTtyrantLR.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Luis+R|Luis R}} <br /> Huiscapi, Araucanía, [[Chile]], December, 2016]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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[[Image:Tufted Tit-Tyrant Ondores Peru.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''aequatorialis''<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Ondores, Junín, [[Peru]], August 2017]]
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9·5 cm (3¾ in)
 
*Thin black crest curling forwards
 
*Thin black crest curling forwards
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*Concealed small white crown patch
 
*Streaked underparts
 
*Streaked underparts
*Pale yelow eye
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*Pale yellow eye
9,5 cm 6 g
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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:*Andes of [[Chile]] and south-western [[Argentina]] to Tierra del Fuego
 
:*Andes of [[Chile]] and south-western [[Argentina]] to Tierra del Fuego
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Cloud forest and forest edges, farmland, gardens and parks.
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Montane shrublands. Cloud forest and forest edges, farmland, gardens and parks.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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They forage in pairs or family groups for insects. Occasionally seen in mixed species flocks.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Avibase
 
#Arthur Grosset
 
#Arthur Grosset
 
#BF Member observations
 
#BF Member observations
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 23:51, 24 November 2017

Nominate subspecies
Photo by Luis R
Huiscapi, Araucanía, Chile, December, 2016
Anairetes parulus

Identification

Subspecies aequatorialis
Photo by Stanley Jones
Ondores, Junín, Peru, August 2017

9·5 cm (3¾ in)

  • Thin black crest curling forwards
  • Concealed small white crown patch
  • Streaked underparts
  • Pale yellow eye

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There are 3 subspecies:

  • A. p. aequatorialis:
  • A. p. patagonicus:
  • Western Argentina (southern Mendoza to northern Santa Cruz)
  • A. p. parulus:

Habitat

Montane shrublands. Cloud forest and forest edges, farmland, gardens and parks.

Behaviour

Diet

They forage in pairs or family groups for insects. Occasionally seen in mixed species flocks.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Arthur Grosset
  4. BF Member observations
  5. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)

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External Links

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