Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant

Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Ochthoeca
Species: O. cinnamomeiventris
Binomial name
Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
(Lafresnaye, 1843)

The Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.

Taxonomy

Clements splits this species, with the subspecies thoracica being raised to species level as Maroon-belted Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca thoracica). The subspecies nigrita is also sometimes considered a full species, the Blackish Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca nigrita).

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