Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Pied-crested Tit-tyrant (Anairetes reguloides) - HBW 9, p. 281

French: Taurillon roitelet German: Streifenbauch-Tachurityrann Spanish: Cachudito Crestiblanco

Taxonomy: C[ulicivora] reguloides d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, Tacna, Peru.
Genus was long known as Spizitornis. Present species forms a superspecies with A. nigrocristatus, and often treated as conspecific. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • albiventris (Chapman, 1924) - WC Peru (Ancash S to Ica and W Ayacucho; single specimen from Apurimac).
  • reguloides (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - SW Peru (S Ayacucho S to Tacna) and extreme NW Chile (Arica).

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