Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant vs Narrow-headed Slender Opossum

Ochthoeca fumicolor compared with Marmosops cracens

Key Differences

• Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant is Least Concern while Narrow-headed Slender Opossum is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant	Narrow-headed Slender Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Tyrannidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Ochthoeca	Marmosops
Species	Ochthoeca fumicolor	Marmosops cracens

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant and Narrow-headed Slender Opossum share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant

LC — Least Concern

Narrow-headed Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant	Narrow-headed Slender Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Narrow-headed Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant

Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca fumicolor) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇻🇪 Venezuela