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 tyrant]Myiotheretes pernixSierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Caribbean northern Colombia.
Smoky bush tyrantMyiotheretes fumigatusnorthern Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.