tufted tit-tyrant
anairetes parulus latin

The Tufted Tit-Tyrant is also known to give a long, weak trill.

The Tufted Tit-Tyrant uses three different hunting strategies to catch its prey.

The Tufted Tit-Tyrant is a generalist feeder that eats insects.

While foraging, the Tufted Tit-Tyrant averages three attacks on prey items per minute.

The Tufted Tit-Tyrant is listed as a species of Least Concern due to its large range and population.

The Tufted Tit-Tyrant has three described subspecies.

The Tufted Tit-Tyrant's nests are remarkably homogeneous, varying only slightly in composition.

The male Tufted Tit-Tyrant is aggressive during the breeding season, frequently chasing potential rivals in undulating flights while making a whirring sound.

The Tufted Tit-Tyrant feeds mainly on a variety of insects that it hunts on or from small shrubs, typically by perch gleaning.

The Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

The Tufted Tit-Tyrant is known in Spanish as the Cachudito, which means "little longhorn" in reference to the bird's crest.

The Tufted Tit-Tyrant's nest is built in shrubs or bamboo, often beside a stream, clearings, or path, and is frequently well hidden.

The Tufted Tit-tyrant has been recorded in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile.

The Tufted Tit-Tyrant was described as Muscicapa parulus by Heinrich von Kittlitz in 1830 from a specimen collected near Valparaíso, Chile.

The Tufted Tit-Tyrant's genus, Anairetes, is in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae and is believed to be most closely related to the tyrannulet genera Mecocerculus and Serpophaga; however, there is no definitive evidence supporting this claim.