Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant Anairetes reguloides
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Catalan | anaireta reietó |
Dutch | Gestreepte Meestiran |
English | Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant |
English (United States) | Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant |
French | Taurillon roitelet |
French (France) | Taurillon roitelet |
German | Streifenbauch-Tachurityrann |
Japanese | カンムリカラタイランチョウ |
Norwegian | lomameisetyrann |
Polish | czuprynek rogaty |
Russian | Рогатый гренадерчик |
Serbian | Južna crno-bela seničarka |
Slovak | čelenkár rožkatý |
Spanish | Cachudito Crestiblanco |
Spanish (Chile) | Cachudito de cresta blanca |
Spanish (Peru) | Torito de Cresta Pintada |
Spanish (Spain) | Cachudito crestiblanco |
Swedish | svartvittofsad mestyrann |
Turkish | Alaca Tepeli Tiranulet |
Ukrainian | Торілон рогатий |
Introduction
A small, energetic bird of the western Andean slope from central Peru to northern Chile. The species has a bifurcated crest comprised of elongated lateral crown feathers and shorter central ones. The crest morphology is unique to the genus Anairetes among the family Tyrannidae. The Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant has broad black and white streaks on the breast and back; the belly color ranges from white to very pale yellow. The species inhabits arid to semiarid scrub habitats across a broad elevational range: it occurs in coastal riparian thickets as well as Polylepis forest at 4000 m. The Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant actively moves through dense vegetation, foraging on small arthropods by perch-gleaning or hover-gleaning; the species rarely sallies to retrieve insects.