Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant
Anairetes alpinus (Carriker, 1933)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant, Anairetes alpinus, is a bird of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia, where it lives in groves and thickets on steep, rocky, grassy slopes. It is a member of the tyrant flycatcher family and was first described by Carriker in 1933. The species is a year-round resident. It is found in Polylepis and Gynoxys growth at high elevations, and its range is highly broken up. Two subspecies are recognised, with one occurring in Peru and the other in Peru and north-western Bolivia.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: Peru and Bolivia
