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Kalinowski's chat-tyrant

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Kalinowski's chat-tyrant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Silvicultrix
Species:
S. spodionota
Binomial name
Silvicultrix spodionota

Kalinowski's chat-tyrant (Silvicultrix spodionota), also known as the Peruvian chat-tyrant, is a species of passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

This bird was previously considered to be the subspecies of the crowned chat-tyrant (Silvicultrix frontalis).[1][2] It is named after the collector, Jan Kalinowski.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 January 2018.