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title: "Zwartkruintityra"
description: "Tityra inquisitor — Vogels. The black-crowned tityra (Tityra inquisitor) is a medium-sized passerine bird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-crowned-tityra
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zwartkruintityra

> Tityra inquisitor — Vogels. The black-crowned tityra (Tityra inquisitor) is a medium-sized passerine bird.

- Scientific name: *Tityra inquisitor*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 2482
- Wikidata: [Q1305621](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1305621)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8823](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8823)

## Names

- en: Black-crowned Tityra
- de: Kappentityra
- es: Titira pico negro
- fr: Tityre à tête noire
- nl: Zwartkruintityra
- pt: Anambé-branco-de-bochecha-parda
- pl: Bekarda czarnogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

CR (556), MX (443), BR (314), CO (292), PA (228), AR (123), EC (94), HN (84), BZ (51), PE (43), GT (28), BO (23)

## Summary

The black-crowned tityra (Tityra inquisitor) is a medium-sized passerine bird. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country except El Salvador, and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.

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

## Photo

![Zwartkruintityra](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-crowned-tityra/medium.jpg)

Photo: TheMongrelKoi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305435987

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-crowned-tityra?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).