Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes of Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cajamarca
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes of Colombia
Status: The Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant is uncommon in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1800-3300 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Pitajo de Dorso Pizarroso.
Sub-species: Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris cinnamomeiventris), (Lafresnaye), 1843. Andes of SW Venezuela (W Táchira) and Colombia (from Antioquia and Santander) S to Ecuador (on W slope S to Chimborazo) and extreme N Peru.
(Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris angustifasciata), Chapman, 1926. N Peru, from S Amazonas S to R Marañón, also E Cajamarca S to SW San Martín.
(Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris thoracica), Taczanowski, 1874. C & SE Peru (S from Pasco) S to N Bolivia (S to Cochabamba).
Meaning of Name: Ochthoeca: Gr. okhthos= bank, mound and oikos, oikeo = dwelling, to inhabit.
cinnamomeiventris: L. cinnamomeus= cinnamon-coloured and venter, ventris= belly.

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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.