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title: "Meisentachuri"
description: "Anairetes parulus — Vögel. The tufted tit-tyrant (Anairetes parulus) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/tufted-tit-tyrant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Meisentachuri

> Anairetes parulus — Vögel. The tufted tit-tyrant (Anairetes parulus) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

- Scientific name: *Anairetes parulus*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `mountains` (Gebirge)
- iNaturalist observations: 3131
- Wikidata: [Q698551](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q698551)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16433](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16433)

## Names

- en: Tufted Tit-Tyrant
- de: Meisentachuri
- es: Cachudito pico negro
- fr: Taurillon mésange
- nl: Pluimmeestiran
- pl: Czuprynek czubaty

## Countries with the most observations

CL (1544), AR (866), EC (213), BO (181), PE (66), CO (6)

## Summary

The tufted tit-tyrant (Anairetes parulus) is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. This species is found in western South America; its range stretches from southern Colombia south along the Andes mountains to Tierra del Fuego. It prefers to live in upper montane forests and shrublands; however, it is a habitat generalist and can be found across a wide range of ecosystems. The tufted tit-tyrant has three subspecies, including the nominate subspecies Anairetes parulus parulus, A. p. aequatorialis, and A. p. patagonicus, and is very closely related to the Juan Fernández tit-tyrant. It is very…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufted_tit-tyrant

## Photo

![Meisentachuri](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tufted-tit-tyrant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16433

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tufted-tit-tyrant?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).