Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Anairetes
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes alpinus

Thomas S. Schulenberg and Tom Johnson
Version: 1.0 — Published May 6, 2011

Conservation

The conservation status of the Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant is assessed as Endangered (BirdLife International 2011). The rating is based in the very fragmented distribution of the tit-tyrant, its small population size, and ongoing habitat loss and degradation. 

The relative abundance of the Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant in Peru is assessed as "very local and uncommon" (Schulenberg et al. 2007).

Effects of human activity on populations

The Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant is vulnerable to habitat loss and degradation, due to cutting of Polylepis for timber, firewood, and charcoal, and to grazing and fire, both of which inhibit regeneration of Polylepis woodland (BirdLife International 2011).

The Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant occurs in the Huascarán National Park, Ancash, Peru, where it is rare; in Río Abiseo National Park, La Libertad, Peru; and in Cotapata National Park, La Paz.

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S. and T. Johnson (2011). Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes alpinus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.abttyr1.01
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