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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: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Streak-throated bush tyrant || Myiotheretes striaticollis|| Andes of Colombia to northwestern Argentina. |- |120px || Rufous-bellied bush tyrant ||Myiotheretes fuscorufus||eastern An

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyTyrannidae
Observations recorded41,294

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
6
With media
1
Family
Tyrannidae
Collections
LSUMZ, CLO
Recorded in
Peru

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Tyrannidae
Image
Myiotheretes striaticollis -Ecuador-6.jpg
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Commons category
Myiotheretes
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Myiotheretes
taxon name
Myiotheretes
Commons gallery
Myiotheretes
taxon common name
Birros
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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: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Streak-throated bush tyrant || Myiotheretes striaticollis|| Andes of Colombia to northwestern Argentina. |- |120px || Rufous-bellied bush tyrant ||Myiotheretes fuscorufus||eastern Andes of Peru and Bolivia. |- | 120px|| Santa Marta bush tyrant ||Myiotheretes pernix||Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Caribbean northern Colombia. |- |120px || Smoky bush tyrant ||Myiotheretes fumigatus||northern Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. |- |}

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myiotheretes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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