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Streak-throated Bush Tyrant
Myiotheretes striaticollis (Sclater, PL, 1853)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Streak-throated Bush Tyrant, Myiotheretes striaticollis, is a passerine of the Tyrannidae family that breeds in South America from western Venezuela to north-western Argentina. It occurs across the Andes, with records in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. The bird is known for its streaked throat, which gives it its name. It was first described in 1853 by Sclater, PL. Its range is split into separate parts, and it uses open and semi-open country rather than the interior of large forest.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: w Venezuela to nw Argentina
