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Tufted-Tit-Tyrant
Anairetes parulus

DESCRIPTION:
Tufted Tit-Tyrant
Cachudito de Pico Negro
Anairetes parulus
Length: 118mm. Sexes alike. Bill black; iris white; upper parts of head black margined white except in long tuft and sides of crown; upper half of lores white and lower half black; auriculars black with fine white streaking; hind neck, upper and lower back brownish grey; rump whitish buff; uppertail coverts dark grey; tail feathers blackish grey with outermost edges whitish; throat, foreneck and upper breast grey with fine black streaks; lower breast, belly, flanks and undertail coverts yellowish with sparse blackish streaks; wing coverts blackish margined whitish in median and greater coverts forming two thin bars; remiges dark grey. Legs black.
Average weight: 7g. The female is slightly smaller than the male. Habitat and behaviour: it frequents woodlands and shrubby areas; forages in the vegetation in search of insects; always in pairs or family groups; vocalisation is feeble and high- pitched; it flies short distances. This small and pleasant bird is likely to be seen even in the coldest Patagonian winter. Notably tame, during its constant foraging in the branches it may come close to man paying attention only to its prey, mostly small insects that form its staple diet. Range: the Tufted Tit-Tyrant occurs throughout Patagonia with two races, distributed as follows: Anairetes parulus parulus in the west, i.e. subantarctic woods and southern beech areas from Neuquén to Tierra del Fuego, and Anairetes parulus patagonica in east Neuquén, central and eastern regions of Río Negro and Chubut to Santa Cruz.
Illustrated Hanbook of the Birds of Patagonia
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