Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cajamarca
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Piura|Cajamarca
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road|Satipo Road
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco
Status: The Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant is common in montane forests of the east and west (south to Ancash) slopes of the Andes at elevations ranging between 2400-4100 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Pitajo de Pecho Rufo.
Sub-species: Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis obfuscata), J. T. Zimmer, 1942. C & W Andes of Colombia S to N Peru (Piura, Cajamarca, Amazonas, possibly NW San Martín).
(Ochthoeca rufipectoralis centralis), Hellmayr, 1927. NC Peru (S La Libertad, Ancash, Huánuco).
(Ochthoeca rufipectoralis tectricialis), Chapman, 1921. SC Peru (Pasco S to Cuzco).
(Ochthoeca rufipectoralis rufipectoralis), (d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye) 1837. SE Peru (Cuzco, N Puno) and W Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).
Meaning of Name: Ochthoeca: Gr. okhthos= bank, mound and oikos, oikeo = dwelling, to inhabit. rufipectoralis: L. rufus= rufous and pectoralis, pectoral= pectus, pectoris breast.

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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.