Black-crowned Tityra

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Black-crowned Tityra
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Tityridae Genus: Tityra Species: T. inquisitor
Binomial name
Tityra inquisitor (Lichtenstein, 1823)

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^[1], 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.

[edit] Source

• BirdLife International 2004. Tityra inquisitor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.