Black-chested Tyrant - BirdForum Opus

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Taeniotriccus andrei

Identification

12-13cm

• Rufous chestnut head and throat
• Black crest
• Yellow at the base of the flight feathers (visible at rest)

Male has a broad band of black across the chest

Distribution

South America: found in Venezuela, Guyanas, Suriname, Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

• T. a. andrei:

• Tropical south-eastern Venezuela and north-western Amazonian Brazil

• T. a. klagesi:

• Eastern Amazonian Brazil (along Rio Tapajós and Rio Xingú)

Habitat

Moist lowland forests; dense, viny understorey of humid forest particularly near rivers or, near the coast, in mangroves.

Behaviour

The diet includes insects.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Black-chested Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Black-chested_Tyrant

External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds

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