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Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant
Silvicultrix diadema (Hartlaub, 1843)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant, Silvicultrix diadema, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family found in South America from Colombia to northern Peru, with a wider presence also given for Ecuador and Venezuela. It is a resident bird of humid montane forest and cloudforest, usually in the interior and undergrowth, and less often along wooded watercourses. It is notable for its large-headed look and long rictal bristles. The sexes are alike. The species was first described in 1843 and is placed in Silvicultrix.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: Colombia to n Peru
