Red Scale Head Tyrant

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Red Scale Head Tyrant
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Red-scaled tyrant ( Lophotriccus pileatus )

Systematics
Subordination : Screeching Birds (Tyranni)
Family : Tyrants (Tyrannidae)
Subfamily : Pipromorphinae
Tribe : Triccini
Genre : Lophotriccus
Type : Red Scale Head Tyrant
Scientific name
Lophotriccus pileatus
( Tschudi , 1844)

The red-scaled head tyrant ( Lophotriccus pileatus ) is a songbird from the tyrant family . It is native to Central and South America in five subspecies.

features

The red-scaled head tyrant reaches a body length of 10 cm. The back is predominantly olive-colored, the underside whitish to pale yellow. The front skull is brown, the face area yellowish brown. The feathers of the hood , which is usually not erect, are reddish-brown at the tip, even when worn. The wings and tail are dark, the wings with two yellowish wing bands. The chest and throat are striped dark olive.

distribution and habitat

The red-scaled-head tyrant occurs from Costa Rica to northern Venezuela and to southern Peru. It is usually found at heights of 600 to 1200 m and inhabits primary rainforests, secondary forests and forest edges.

Way of life

The red-scaled-head tyrant feeds mainly on insects.

Subspecies

The following five subspecies are distinguished:

  • Lophotriccus pileatus hypochlorus Berlepsch & Stolzmann , 1906 - Peru.
  • Lophotriccus pileatus luteiventris Taczanowski , 1884 - Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama.
  • Lophotriccus pileatus pileatus ( Tschudi , 1844) - Andes, Ecuador to Peru.
  • Lophotriccus pileatus santaeluciae Todd , 1952 - Venezuela, Colombia.
  • Lophotriccus pileatus squamaecrista ( Lafresnaye , 1846) - Andes, Colombia and Ecuador.

literature

  • Johann Jakob von Tschudi: Avium conspectus quae in Republica Peruana repiuntur et pleraque observatae vel collectae sunt in itinere . In: Archives for Natural History . tape 10 , no. 1 , 1844, pp. 262-317 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig von Berlepsch, Jan Sztolcman: Rapport sur les nouvelles collections ornithologiques faites au Pérou par M. Jean Kalinowski . In: Ornis; international journal for the whole of ornithology . tape 13 , no. 2 , 1906, p. 63-133 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Frédéric de Lafresnaye: Essai d'une monographie du genre Todirostre de Lesson / Traité d'ornit. In: Revue zoologique par la Société cuviérienne . tape 9 , 1846, pp. 360-365 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Walter Edmond Clyde Todd: New tyrant flycatchers from South America . In: Annals of the Carnegie Museum . tape 32 , no. 5 , 1952, pp. 291-304 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Władysław Taczanowski: Ornithologie du Pérou . tape 2 . Typography Oberthur, Rennes 1884 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f Videos, photos and sound recordings on Lophotriccus pileatus in the Internet Bird Collection
  2. ^ Robert S. Ridgely, Guy Tudor, William L. Brown: The Birds of South America: Vol. II, the Suboscine Passerines. University of Texas Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-292-77063-8 , p. 510.
  3. ^ A b c Robert S. Ridgely, John A. Gwynne: A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Princeton University Press, 1992, ISBN 978-0-691-02512-4 , p. 291.
  4. ↑ ITIS Report Lophotriccus pileatus (accessed June 13, 2011)
  5. ^ Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig von Berlepsch a. a. (1906), p. 85.
  6. ^ Władysław Taczanowski (1884), p. 231.
  7. ↑ Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1844), p. 273.
  8. ^ Walter Edmond Clyde Todd, p. 299.
  9. ↑ Frédéric de Lafresnaye (1844), p. 363.

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