Smoky Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes fumigatus)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
18 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boissonneau, 1840)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,800 - 3,000 m, occasionally up to 3,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (39)...)

Smoky Bush Tyrant (Myiotheretes fumigatus) [XC249735]
by Niels Krabbe from Morona-Santiago: Tambo de Ashil\u00e1n, upper R\u00edo Upano, Ecuador (call, calls)

Smoky Bush Tyrant (Myiotheretes fumigatus) [XC248378]
by Niels Krabbe from Carchi: Cerro Mongus, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes placed near Gubernetes and Muscipipra on basis of anatomical and morphological characters. Also, Polioxolmis and Cnemarchus have frequently been merged with this genus. Formerly placed with Santa Marta Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes pernix) and Rufous-bellied Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes fuscorufus) in a separate genus, Ochthodiaeta.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

olivaceus (Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1953) - Northern Colombia (Sierra de Perij�) and western Venezuela (Cerro Tetari, in western Zulia, and R Chiquito, in southern T�chira).
lugubris (von Berlepsch, 1883) - Andes of western Venezuela (Trujillo south to northern T�chira).
fumigatus (Boissonneau, 1840) - Colombia (except Santa Marta region) and northern Ecuador.
cajamarcae (Chapman, 1927) - Southern Ecuador (Ca�ar) and Peru (south to Cuzco).

References
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Files:

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