Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Yellow-bellied Chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca diadema) - HBW 9, p. 381
French: Pitajo diadème
German: Gelbbauch-Schmätzertyrann
Spanish: Pitajo Diademado
Taxonomy: Myiobius diadema Hartlaub, 1843, Bogotá, Colombia.
Sometimes placed with O. frontalis, O. pulchella and O. jelskii in a separate genus, Silvicultrix, but genetic and anatomical data indicate that this would make present genus paraphyletic. All four form a superspecies. Described race meridana (from Mérida, in Venezuela) considered indistinguishable from nominate; cajamarcae (from Cajamarca, in Peru) synonymized with gratiosa. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- jesupi J. A. Allen, 1900 - Santa Marta Mts, in N Colombia.
- rubellula Wetmore, 1946 - Sierra de Perijá, on Colombia-Venezuela border.
- tovarensis Gilliard, 1940 - coastal range in N Venezuela (Aragua, Distrito Federal).
- jesupi J. A. Allen, 1900 - Santa Marta Mts, in N Colombia.
- rubellula Wetmore, 1946 - Sierra de Perijá, on Colombia-Venezuela border.
- tovarensis Gilliard, 1940 - coastal range in N Venezuela (Aragua, Distrito Federal).
- diadema (Hartlaub, 1843) - E Andes in W Venezuela and Colombia.
- gratiosa P. L. Sclater, 1862 - W & C Andes and W slope of E Andes of Colombia S to N Peru (Piura, Cajamarca).
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This confiding bird was watched foraging on the ground in the Bellavista Lodge gardens early morning at first light and for a br Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp gratiosa)
Neil Robertson 6 August 2011 1 year ago 34 sec 4.5 -
front view perched, calls, flies Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp jesupi)
Martin Kennewell 17 May 2012 48 weeks ago 16 sec 4 -
Different shots of an adult visiting the nest. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp diadema)
Yanayacu Biological Station 19 November 2002 4 years ago 29 sec 3.3 -
An adult inside the nest (showing just the tail) and flying away. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp diadema)
Yanayacu Biological Station 19 November 2002 4 years ago 6 sec 3 -
An adult arriving to the nest, where its pair is laying, and flying away. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp diadema)
Yanayacu Biological Station 19 November 2002 4 years ago 26 sec 3 -
A nest, with an adult arriving and laying inside. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp diadema)
Yanayacu Biological Station 19 November 2002 4 years ago 31 sec 3
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One ind in the forest foliage in Valle de Aburra highlands.
Locality El Escobero, Envigado, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp gratiosa)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 1 November 2006 3 years ago 3.3
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Song Locality Pululahua, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Libor Vaicenbacher 24 July 2009 3 years ago 3
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