Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher
griseotyrannus aurantioatrocrista
Tyrannidae,Tyranninae · Tyrannine Flycatchers
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The account
Description
17 cm. A gray tyrant flycatcher of the tree tops. A black crown with a yellow crown patch. Dusky ear coverts. Above brownish-gray. Wings and tail blackish. Below slaty gray, more yellowish on the lower belly and crissum.
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The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 3 · 2006
The account, continued
Voice
Quiet on migration. The calls are high whistles similar to the ones given by Empidonomus varius (44). Song 'tsi-tsitsewbit twitsewttsi-tsebidit' (30).
Behavior
Usually high on top of forest trees.
Habitat and status
On migration in all types of woodland, woodland borders and cerrado.
Distribution
Breeds in West Paraguay. Recently found in central northern São Paulo state (76). Not yet reported from southeast Brazil, but might be found on migration in suitable habitat.
Decoded from the disc's own bytes. Each part is shown under the heading the disc files it under, and the wording, spelling and punctuation are the author's.
Vocalizations
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Call. With Cyclarhis gujanensis, Zenaida auriculata, Furnarius sp?. Recording by Juan Mazar Barnett.
Recording files on the disc
- 8779.mp3 Call. With Cyclarhis gujanensis, Zenaida auriculata, Furnarius sp?. Recording by Juan Mazar Barnett.
Across the three discs
The work was published on three discs — Disc 2 in 2001, Disc 3 in 2006 and Disc 1 in 2011. Where they differ, that is a difference between historical releases, and it is never merged away. The 2011 disc is not treated as correcting the earlier ones.
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero- Disc 1 · 2011
aux_nonzero
The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
The account in the Disc 1 · 2011 revision
The 2011 Disc 1 revision edited this account; the sections listed below differ from the Disc 3 release text.
Sections with genuine 2011 edits (vs the Disc 3 release): description.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
17 cm. A gray tyrant flycatcher of the tree tops. A black crown with a yellow crown patch. Dusky ear coverts. Above brownish-gray. Wings and tail blackish. Below slaty gray, more yellowish on the lower belly and crissum. Juvenile browner on head no yellow crest spot and with prominent light superciliary, fringes of flight feathers, and proximal sides of tail. The juvenile is browner on the head, has no yellow crest spot and a prominent light superciliary, fringes of flight feathers, and proximal sides of tail.
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
Quiet on migration. The calls are high whistles similar to the ones given by Empidonomus varius (44). Song 'tsi-tsitsewbit twitsewttsi-tsebidit' (30).
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Usually high on top of forest trees.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
On migration in all types of woodland, woodland borders and cerrado.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Breeds in West Paraguay. Recently found in central northern São Paulo state (76). Not yet reported from southeast Brazil, but might be found on migration in suitable habitat.
Recordings and images first listed on Disc 1 · 2011
The disc lists this item against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011
The work's own taxonomy
The discs carried three parallel name schemes. All three are shown as recovered; none is a modern taxonomy and none has been updated.
| Scheme | Scientific name | English name | Family |
|---|---|---|---|
| WORLD | griseotyrannus aurantioatrocrista | Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher | Tyrannidae,Tyranninae |
| CLEMENTS | griseotyrannus aurantioatrocrista | Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher | Tyrannidae,Tyranninae |
| AOU_HM | empidonomus aurantioatrocrista | Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher | Tyrannidae,Tyranninae |
Source details
- Identifier on this site
- seb_species_0286
- Account identifier
- seb_account_0286
- Account number on the disc
- 286
- Source edition
- CD03 / 2006 package
- Original taxonomy scheme
- WORLD
- Structure status
- heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative