- Ochthoeca diadema
Identification
12–12·5 cm
- Dark olive crown
- Yellow forehead
- Long yellow supercilium
- Long rictal bristles
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru.
Taxonomy
Has been placed in genus Silvicultrix in the past.
Subspecies
There are 5 subspecies[1]:
- O. d. jesupi: No bars on the wings
- Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)
- O. d. rubellula:
- North-eastern Colombia (Sierra de Perijá) and north-western Venezuela (Zulia)
- O. d. tovarensis:
- Coastal cordillera of northern Venezuela (Aragua and Distrito Federal)
- O. d. diadema:
- Eastern Andes of Colombia and western Venezuela
- O. d. gratiosa:
Habitat
Moist evergreen montanes and woodlands.
Behaviour
Furtive.
Diet
Their diet consists almost entirely of insects, mostly small beetles.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Yellow-bellied_Chat-Tyrant
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