Black-crowned Tityra

Tityra inquisitor

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tityridae
Genus
Tityra
eBird Code
blctit1

Subspecies (6)

  • Tityra inquisitor albitorques

    tropical eastern Panama to northwestern Bolivia and western Amazonian Brazil (Rio Juruá and Amazon eastward to Manaus)

  • Tityra inquisitor buckleyi

    tropical southeastern Colombia (Caquetá) and eastern Ecuador (Napo-Pastaza)

  • Tityra inquisitor erythrogenys

    tropical eastern Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil (north of the lower Amazon River)

  • Tityra inquisitor fraserii

    tropical southeastern Mexico (San Luis Potosí) to central Panama

  • Tityra inquisitor inquisitor

    tropical southeastern Brazil (southern Piauí) to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina

  • Tityra inquisitor pelzelni

    tropical northeastern Bolivia and Brazil south of the Amazon River (from left bank of Rio Madeira eastward to eastern Maranhão, southward to Mato Grosso)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.