Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Smoky Bush-tyrant (Myiotheretes fumigatus) - HBW 9, p. 390
French: Moucherolle enfumé
German: Rußbuschtyrann
Spanish: Birro Ahumado
Taxonomy: Tyrannula fumigata Boissonneau, 1840, “Bogota,” 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. pernix and M. fuscorufus in a separate genus, Ochthodiaeta. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- olivaceus (Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1953) - N Colombia (Sierra de Perijá) and W Venezuela (Cerro Tetari, in W Zulia, and R Chiquito, in S Táchira).
- lugubris (Berlepsch, 1883) - Andes of W Venezuela (Trujillo S to N Táchira).
- fumigatus (Boissonneau, 1840) - Colombia (except Santa Marta region) and N Ecuador.
- cajamarcae (Chapman, 1927) - S Ecuador (Cañar) and Peru (S to Cuzco).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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perched high on exposed branch Locality Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp cajamarcae)
Martin Kennewell 8 April 2011 40 weeks ago 12 sec 2.6
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Adult just taking off
Locality Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp fumigatus)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 18 August 2011 22 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perching on a twig
Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 11 October 2009 1 year ago 4 -
bird on a trunk
Locality Guasca, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 11 April 2010 1 year ago 2.5 -
Lateral view of bird perched on Cecropia
Locality Guaramacal (General Cruz Carrillo) National Park, Venezuela (ssp lugubris)
Mikko Pyhälä 11 October 2009 2 years ago 2.3
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Call (two birds) Locality Iguaque National Sanctuary, Boyacá Department, Colombia
Libor Vaicenbacher 24 July 2011 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.5 -
Song Locality Pasochoa, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Libor Vaicenbacher 18 July 2009 1 year ago 3
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