Tityra inquisitor

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis: Sarcopterygii
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Tyranni
Infraordo: Tyrannides
Parvordo: Tyrannida

Familia: Tityridae
Genus: Tityra
Species: Tityra inquisitor
Subspecies: T. i. albitorques – T. i. buckleyi – T. i. erythrogenys – T. i. fraserii – T. i. inquisitor – T. i. pelzelni
Name

Tityra inquisitor (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Synonyms

Lanius inquisitor (protonym)
Tityra leucura Pelzeln, 1868

References

Lichtenstein, M.H.C. 1823. Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen. 118 pp. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss./ T. Trautwein, Berlin. Original description p. 50 no. 530 BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.40281 Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Black-crowned Tityra
español: Titira coroninegra
português do Brasil: Anambé-branco-de-bochecha-parda
Türkçe: Kara tepeli titira

The black-crowned tityra (Tityra inquisitor) is a medium-sized passerine bird. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae.

It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Taxonomy
Subspecies

Tityra inquisitor inquisitor: Tropical se Brazil (s Piauí) to e Paraguay and ne Argentina
Tityra inquisitor fraserii: Tropical se Mexico (San Luis Potosí) to central Panama
Tityra inquisitor albitorques: Tropical e Panama to nw Bolivia and w Amazonian Brazil
Tityra inquisitor buckleyi: Tropical se Colombia (Caquetá) and e Ecuador (Napo-Pastaza)
Tityra inquisitor erythrogenys: Tropical e Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas and n Brazil
Tityra inquisitor pelzelni: Tropical ne Bolivia, Mato Grosso and Brazil s of the Amazon

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Syntypes of Psaris fraserii Kaup (NML-VZ D1868; NML-VZ D1868a) held at World Museum, National Museums Liverpool

The syntypes of Psaris fraserii Kaup (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 19. ,1851 (1852), p.47. pl. 37-38), an adult male and female, are held in the vertebrate zoology collection of National Museums Liverpool at World Museum, with accession number NML-VZ D1868 and NML-VZ D1868a. The specimen came to the Liverpool national collection via the 13th Earl of Derby’s collection which was bequeathed to the people of Liverpool in 1851.[3]
References

BirdLife International (2016). "Tityra inquisitor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22700692A93792825. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700692A93792825.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
"Tityra inquisitor (Black-crowned Tityra) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

R. Wagstaffe (1 December 1978). Type Specimens of Birds in the Merseyside County Museums (formerly City of Liverpool Museums).