Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Santa Marta Bush-tyrant (Myiotheretes pernix) - HBW 9, p. 389
French: Moucherolle des Santa Marta
German: Santa-Marta-Buschtyrann
Spanish: Birro de Santa Marta
Taxonomy: Ochthodiaeta pernix Bangs, 1899, Macotama, Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia.
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. This species formerly placed with M. fumigatus and M. fuscorufus in a separate genus, Ochthodiaeta. Monotypic.
Distribution: Santa Marta Mts, in N Colombia.
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one bird in the canopy Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
David Caro 1 January 2009 37 weeks ago 49 sec 3.2 -
A bird catching an insect and then calling repeatedly Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 February 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 3
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A single bird perched in roadside shrubbery.
Locality Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 15 January 2010 7 weeks ago 3.2 -
A bird on an exposed perch.
Locality Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 20 June 2007 1 year ago 3
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