The Land Birds of Southeast Brazil

Original account 257 · seb_species_0257

Crested Black-Tyrant

knipolegus lophotes

Tyrannidae,Fluvicolinae

From the original CD

Complete decoded account text

18 cm. A conspicuously crested black flycatcher. Crest long and thin. Bill black. Eye dark red or brown. Both the male and female are glossy blue-black with a white band across the base of primaries. Bigger than other Knipolegus species. Silent. Sick ^30 mentions a night song which is bisyllablic, composed of a modulated, ascending note and a modulated descending note with a short trill-"dewEE-kwirr" . Performs aerial hawks from low vantage points and does near ground sallies to catch arthropods. Also takes fruits. Fairly common in open country with shrubby vegetation and scattered trees. Ascends in the mountains to the bush zone. Throughout the area, Angra dos Reis, Itatiaia etc. to about 1800 meters. 12307 >:

Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved

Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

18 cm. A conspicuously crested black flycatcher. Crest long and thin. Bill black. Eye dark red or brown. Both the male and female are glossy blue-black with a white band across the base of primaries. Bigger than other Knipolegus species.

Voice

Silent. Sick ^30 mentions a night song which is bisyllablic, composed of a modulated, ascending note and a modulated descending note with a short trill-"dewEE-kwirr" .

Habitat and status

Performs aerial hawks from low vantage points and does near ground sallies to catch arthropods. Also takes fruits.

Distribution

Fairly common in open country with shrubby vegetation and scattered trees. Ascends in the mountains to the bush zone.

Additional notes

Throughout the area, Angra dos Reis, Itatiaia etc. to about 1800 meters.

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

  • Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

knipolegus lophotes

Crested Black-Tyrant

Tyrannidae,Fluvicolinae

Fluvicoline Flycatchers

CLEMENTS

knipolegus lophotes

Crested Black-Tyrant

Tyrannidae,Fluvicolinae

Fluvicoline Flycatchers

AOU_HM

knipolegus lophotes

Crested Black-Tyrant

Tyrannidae,Fluvicolinae

Fluvicoline Flycatchers

Images

Historical image associated with Crested Black-Tyrant
12307.jpg
12307 >
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD02/WBIRD/PICTURE/12307.jpg

Source details

Species ID
seb_species_0257
Account ID
seb_account_0257
Source edition
CD03 / 2006 package
Original taxonomy scheme
WORLD

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Item reference
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Information status
mixed -- see per-section status labels above