Maroon-belted chat-tyrant
The maroon-belted chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris thoracica), also known as the maroon-chested chat-tyrant, is a subspecies of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in northern South America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
| Maroon-belted chat-tyrant | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Ochthoeca |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | O. c. thoracica |
| Trinomial name | |
| Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris thoracica (Taczanowski, 1874). | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Ochthoeca thoracica | |
Taxonomy
This bird is often considered to be a subspecies of the slaty-backed chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris).
References
- Updates to Birds of the World: A Checklist by James F. Clements. Fifth Edition. 2000.
- García-Moreno, Jaime, Peter Arctander and Jon Fjeldså. 1998. Pre-Pleistocene Differentiation Among Chat-Tyrants. The Condor 100:629-640
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