Black-crowned tityra

The black-crowned tityra (Tityra inquisitor) is a medium-sized passerine bird. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae,[2] where now placed by SACC. It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Black-crowned tityra
Male, Rio Silanche Reserve, NW Ecuador

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Genus: Tityra
Species:
T. inquisitor
Binomial name
Tityra inquisitor
(Lichtenstein, 1823)
Synonyms

Erator inquisitor
Psaris fraserii

A female black-crowned tityra at Bertioga, São Paulo State, Brazil

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Tityra inquisitor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Adopt the Family Tityridae Archived 8 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine - South American Classification Committee (2007)


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