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:
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Common name
Scientific name
Distribution
Streak-throated bush tyrant
Myiotheretes striaticollis
Andes of Colombia to northwestern Argentina.
Rufous-bellied bush tyrant
Myiotheretes fuscorufus
eastern Andes of Peru and Bolivia.
Santa Marta bush tyrant
Myiotheretes pernix
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Caribbean northern Colombia.
Smoky bush tyrant
Myiotheretes fumigatus
northern Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
