Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cajamarca
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Marcapomacocha, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Junin
Age: Adult (left) and Juvenile (right) | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Espinar, Cuzco | No data
Status: The Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant is common and widespread in the high Andes at elevations ranging between 3000-4500 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, Bo and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Arriero de Pico Negro.
Sub-species: Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis montanus insolens), P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1869.
Meaning of Name: Agriornis: Gr. agrios= fierce and ornis,ornithos= bird. montanus: L. mons, montis= mountain, montanus= found on mountains, mountaineer.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.