Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Chiguata, Arequipa
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Marcapomacocha, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Huascaran National Park, Ancash
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Carampoma, Lima
Status: The D’Orgbigny’s Chat-Tyrant is common in the high Andes at elevations ranging between 3000-4600 m. It also occurs in and Bo and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Pitajo de d’Orbigny.
Sub-species: d’Orbigny’s Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca oenanthoides polionota), P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1870. Peru (from La Libertad S along W Andes to Cuzco and N Puno) and extreme N Chile (Arica).
(Ochthoeca oenanthoides oenanthoides), (d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye) 1837. S Peru (Titicaca Basin, in Tacna), N Chile (Arica), W Bolivia (S from La Paz) and NW Argentina (S to La Rioja).
Meaning of Name: Ochthoeca: Gr. okhthos= bank, mound and oikos, oikeo = dwelling, to inhabit.
oenanthoides: One that resembles a member of the genus Oenanthe Vieillot, 1816, wheatear, oides= resembling.
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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.