Tumbes Tyrant

The Tumbes Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Tumbezia. It is endemic to Peru.

The Tumbes Tyrant is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

The Tumbes Tyrant (Tumbezia salvini) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Tumbezia. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. Source - * BirdLife International 2004. Tumbezia salvini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. More

Tumbes Tyrant, Peru, 50miles south of Tumbes June 2008 © Paul Noakes Send this as a postcard Tumbes Tyrant - Tumbes Tyrant, Ecuador, Zapotillo 27 Dec 2008 © Nick Athanas First record for Ecuador. Seen with Alan Davies and Ruth Miller in the final days of The Biggest Twitch. More details of the sighting here. More

Discovery of Tumbes Tyrant in Ecuador tumbes-tyrant4_filtered On 27 December 2008, I was birding near the town of Zapotillo with Alan Davies and Ruth Miller, trying to mop up a last few Tumbesian species for their record-setting big year, “The Biggest Twitch”. More

Tumbes Tyrant, OCHTHOECA SALVINI 1 Querpon Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant, Myiotheretes striaticollis 1 Huarez Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant, Agriornis montana 4 above Celendin, 2 Huascaran NP Rufous-webbed Tyrant, Polioxolmis rufipennis 4 above Celendin, 1+ Huascaran NP Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant, Muscisaxicola maculirostris 1 at start of Marcapomacocha Road Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant, Muscisaxicola rufivertex 1 L Llanganuco Puna Ground-Tyrant, Muscisaxicola juninensis 1 L Llanganuco Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant, Muscisaxicola alpina 1 L Llanganuco Cinereous Ground-Tyrant, More