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What the Tufted Tit-Tyrant sounds like
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The tufted tit-tyrant is a small bird, averaging 9.5 to 11 centimeters (3.7 to 4.3 in) in length and weighing about 6 grams (0.21 oz). Its long, recurved crest is typically conspicuous and is often parted, giving the impression that the bird has two crests. The crest's feathers are black and emerge from the center of the bird's black crown, although occasionally there is a small patch of white hidden by the crest. The head is black overall with a white supraloral and postocular stripe. The bird's iris is creamy white to pale yellow and the bill is black.
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When to see the Tufted Tit-Tyrant
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Tufted Tit-Tyrant
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Tufted Tit-Tyrant
The tufted tit-tyrant is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. This species is found in western South America; its range stretches from southern Colombia south along the Andes mountains to Tierra del Fuego. It prefers to live in upper montane forests and shrublands; however, it is a habitat generalist and can be found across a wide range of ecosystems. The tufted tit-tyrant has three subspecies, including the nominate subspecies Anairetes parulus parulus, A. p. aequatorialis, and A. p. patagonicus, and is very closely related to the Juan Fernández tit-tyrant. It is very small with a distinctive and conspicuous crest.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-billed Tit-TyrantAnairetes flavirostrisThe yellow-billed tit-tyrant is 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 6 to 7 g (0.21 to 0.25 oz).
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).
Black-crested Tit-TyrantAnairetes nigrocristatusThe black-crested tit-tyrant is 13 cm (5.1 in) long.
Side by side: Tufted Tit-Tyrant vs Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant
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