About the Black-crested Tit-Tyrant
The black-crested tit-tyrant or Marañón tit-tyrant is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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The black-crested tit-tyrant is 13 cm (5.1 in) long. It is the largest and most boldly patterned member of its genus. Adult males have a dramatic black crest formed by elongated feathers of the central crown. The rest of their crown and their nape are white and the rest of their head is black. Their upperparts are black with thin white streaks. Their wings are black with wide white edges on the flight feathers. Their wing coverts have wide white tips that show as two bars on the closed wing. Voice: The black-crested tit-tyrant's calls are a "squeaky sputtered trreek! trreek! trreek!, a descending, squeaky, chattered tee! titititititer, and a rising-falling trrreeeer".
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What the Black-crested Tit-Tyrant sounds like
Where the Black-crested Tit-Tyrant lives
When to see the Black-crested Tit-Tyrant
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Ash-breasted Tit-TyrantAnairetes alpinusThe ash-breasted tit-tyrant is 13 to 13.5 cm (5.1 to 5.3 in) long; one female weighed 10 g (0.35 oz).
Juan Fernandez Tit-TyrantAnairetes fernandezianusThe Juan Fernandez tit-tyrant is 12.5 cm (4.9 in) long.
Pied-crested Tit-TyrantAnairetes reguloidesThe pied-crested tit-tyrant is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long; five females weighed an average of 6.7 g (0.24 oz).
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