Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Titicaca Basin, Puno
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cuzco|Huancavelica
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cuzco
Status: The Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant is the most common and widespread Ground-tyrant that generally ranges at elevations of 2700-4200 m. It also occurs as far low as 700 m on the west slope of the southern Andes. The Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant also occurs in Bo and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Dormilona de Nuca Rojiza.
Sub-species: Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant (Muscisaxicola rufivertex occipitalis), Ridgway, 1887. Peru (except SW) and NW Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).
(Muscisaxicola rufivertex pallidiceps), Hellmayr, 1927. SW Peru (Arequipa S to Tacna), N Chile (Arica S to Antofagasta), SW Bolivia and NW Argentina.
Meaning of Name: Muscisaxicola: From the genus Muscicapa Brisson 1760 (flycatcher), and genus Saxicola (wheatear Oenanthe). rufivertex: L. rufus= rufous and vertex, verticis= crown of the head.
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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.