Myiotheretes


Myiotheretes is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. These superficially thrush-like birds are large tyrants of the Andean highlands.
The red-rumped bush tyrant is considered closely related.

Species

The genus contains the following four species:
ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Streak-throated bush tyrantMyiotheretes striaticollisAndes of Colombia to northwestern Argentina.
Rufous-bellied bush tyrantMyiotheretes fuscorufuseastern Andes of Peru and Bolivia.
Santa Marta bush tyrantMyiotheretes pernixSierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Caribbean northern Colombia.
Smoky bush tyrantMyiotheretes fumigatusnorthern Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.