Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant
Anairetes flavirostris
The Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes flavirostris) is a rare tyrant flycatcher found in 5 countries, weighing about 6 g. The yellow-billed tit-tyrant is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.
About the Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant
The yellow-billed tit-tyrant is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, and as a vagrant in Uruguay.
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How to identify it
The 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). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies A. f. flavirostris have a blackish split crest formed by elongated feathers on the sides of the crown. Their forecrown is dusky gray with faint white streaks, the rest of their crown is white, their supercilium is white, and the rest of their face is white with bold black streaks. Their upperparts are medium gray-brown with faint blackish streaks. Voice: The yellow-billed tit-tyrant's dawn song is "a rising trill with stuttered burst afterward: brreeee brr-br-br". Its calls are "a rising-falling, musical trill: brrreeeeuu a rising-falling musical chatter: tur-tur-TEE'TEE'tee-tee-tchip".
Where it lives
When to see it
The Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant can be seen all year round, with peak activity in October. It is a resident species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant?
- The 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). Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant?
- The Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant is a tiny sized bird weighing about 6 g.
- Where can you see a Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant?
- The Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant occurs in 5 countries, including Peru, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Uruguay.
- What birds look similar to a Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant?
- The Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant is most easily confused with the Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant, the Black-crested Tit-Tyrant and the Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant.
- Is the Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant endangered?
- The Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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