The Tumbes tyrant (Ochthoeca salvini) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It found in Ecuador and Peru.
Taxonomy and systematics
The taxonomy of the Tumbes tyrant is unsettled. It was formally described in 1877 by Wladyslaw Taczanowski as Ochthoeca salvini. The Clements taxonomy, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW), the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Birds of the World (which mostly uses Clements taxonomy) and AviList retain it in genus Ochthoeca. Clements and Cornell use the English name Tumbes chat-tyrant for consistency with the other members of that genus; HBW and AviList call it the Tumbes tyrant. The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society have long separated it in genus Tumbezia and call it the Tumbes tyrant.
The Tumbes tyrant is placed in the genus Ochthoeca and has no subspecies.
Description
The Tumbes tyrant is about 13.5 cm (5.3 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dark gray crown, lores, and ear coverts. Their forecrown is bright yellow and fades to whitish along its supercilium. Their upperparts are gray or grayish olive. Their wings are mostly dusky black with white edges on the secondaries and tertials and white tips on the coverts; the last show as two wide wing bars. Their tail is mostly blackish with white edges on the outer feathers. Their throat and underparts are lemon yellow. They have a dark brown iris, a short black bill, and black legs and feet.
