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    Crowned Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix frontalis)

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    Crowned chat-tyrant
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Aves
    Order: Passeriformes
    Family: Tyrannidae
    Genus: Silvicultrix
    Species:
    S. frontalis
    Binomial name
    Silvicultrix frontalis
    (Lafresnaye, 1847)

    The crowned chat-tyrant (Silvicultrix frontalis) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.

    Taxonomy

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    Clements splits this species, with the subspecies frontalis, albidiadema and orientalis remaining as crowned chat-tyrant, and spodionota and boliviana becoming Peruvian chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca spodionota.[2][3][4]

    Distribution and habitat

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    It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[5]

    References

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    1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Silvicultrix frontalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22699898A93754981. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699898A93754981.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
    2. ^ García-Moreno, J.; Arctander, P.; Fjeldså, J. (1998). "Pre-Pleistocene differentiation among chat-tyrants" (PDF). Condor. 100 (4): 629–640. doi:10.2307/1369744. JSTOR 1369744.
    3. ^ "Updates to Birds of the World: A Checklist by James F. Clements. Fifth Edition. 2000". Archived from the original on 2006-02-08.
    4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
    5. ^ BirdLife International (2004).