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Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant

Anairetes fernandezianus

EndangeredEndemicInvertebratesForestTiny · 7 g

About the Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant

The Juan Fernandez tit-tyrant is an endangered species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands in the South Pacific Ocean off of Chile.

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The Juan Fernandez tit-tyrant is 12.5 cm (4.9 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage, though females are slightly smaller than males and have a smaller crest. Adults have a black crest formed by elongated feathers in the center of the crown; the rest of their crown is blackish with a few whitish feathers. Their forehead and lores are black and extend through the eye, their supercilium is thin and white, and the rest of their face is white with black streaks. Their upperparts are dark dusky gray. Their wings are blackish with white to pale yellow edges on the flight feathers.

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Where the Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant lives

Regular range

When to see the Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant

Peak activity in December · a summer visitor species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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