White-browed chat-tyrant
species of bird
The white-browed chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca leucophrys) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.
Taxonomy and systematics
The white-browed chat-tyrant was originally described as "F[luvicola] leucophrys".
The white-browed chat-tyrant has these six subspecies:
O. l. dissors Zimmer, JT, 1940
O. l. interior Zimmer, JT, 1930
O. l. urubambae Zimmer, JT, 1937
O. l. leucometopa Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1877
O. l. leucophrys (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
O. l. tucumana Berlepsch, 1906
During much of the first half of the twentieth century, what is now the Piura chat-tyrant (O. piurae) was considered an additional subspecies, and at least one publication suggests that it should return to that status.
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