Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Silvicultrix (5 species, 5 worldwide)


Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant
Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix diadema gratiosa)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
  Stays low and hidden.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Stays low and hidden.

Crowned Chat-Tyrant
Crowned Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix frontalis frontalis)
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Uncommon at over 3000m (lower further from the equator in Peru).

Jelski's Chat-Tyrant
Jelski's Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix jelskii)
Between Sozoranga and Utuana, Loja province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Golden-browed Chat-Tyrant
Golden-browed Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix pulchella)
Carpish Tunnel, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Crowned Chat-Tyrant found further north and which it resembles,except for that species has a white brow.

Kalinowski's Chat-Tyrant
Kalinowski's Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix spodionota)
Bosque Unchog, Huánuco region, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from Crowned Chat-Tyrant found in Ecuador and northward. Note cinnamon wing bars.


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