Myiotheretes

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Myiotheretes
File:Myiotheretes striaticollis -Ecuador-6.jpg
Streak-throated bush tyrant
(Myiotheretes striaticollis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Myiotheretes
Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Tyrannus rufiventris[1]
d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

Myiotheretes is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. These superficially thrush-like birds are large tyrants (19–24 cm/7.5-9.5 in long) of the Andean highlands. The red-rumped bush tyrant is considered closely related.

Species

The genus contains the following four species:[2]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
File:Myiotheretes striaticollis Atrapamoscas chiflaperro Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant (13975951386).jpg Streak-throated bush tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
File:Myiotheretes fuscorufus - Rufous-bellied Bush-Tyrant (cropped).jpg Rufous-bellied bush tyrant Myiotheretes fuscorufus eastern Andes of Peru and Bolivia.
File:Santa Marta Bush Tyrant.jpg Santa Marta bush tyrant Myiotheretes pernix Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Caribbean northern Colombia.
File:Smoky Bush-tyrant.jpg Smoky bush tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus northern Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

References

  1. "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 July 2019.