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Smoky Bush Tyrant
Myiotheretes fumigatus (Boissonneau, 1840)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Smoky Bush Tyrant, Myiotheretes fumigatus, is a passerine of the Tyrannidae family that lives in the Andes of South America from western Venezuela to Peru. It is a resident bird of humid montane and elfin forest, including forest edges and interior, and also uses shrubby slopes with scattered trees. Its range is split across several Andean areas, with populations in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The species is marked by plumage that is broadly alike in both sexes and has a thrush-like look, with a dark smoky brown body, a narrow pale eyebrow and blackish wings and tail.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: w Venezuela to Peru
