Myiotheretes
Streak-throated bush tyrant (Myiotheretes striaticollis)
Scientific 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
	Streak-throated bush tyrant	Myiotheretes striaticollis	Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
	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.

References

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