Rufous-bellied Bush Tyrant
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Photo © Naturalist Tours — CC0 1.0 — Source: iNaturalist #60072945The rufous-bellied bush tyrant (Myiotheretes fuscorufus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. == Taxonomy and systematics == The rufous-bellied bush tyrant was formally described in 1876 as Ochthodiaeta fuscorufus. Ochthodiaeta was later merged into Xolmis and still later recognized in its present genus Myiotheretes that had been erected in 1850. The rufous-bellied bush tyrant is monotypic. == Description == The rufous-bellied bush tyrant is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs about 26 to 36 g (0.92 to 1.3 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a faint grayish supercilium on an otherwise brown face. Their upperparts are also brown. Their wings are mostly blackish with rufous basal halves on the flight feathers' inner webs and buff edges on the secondaries; the rufous shows as two wing bars. Their tail is mostly blackish with pale cinnamon outer webs on the outermost pair of feathers and pale cinnamon edges on the inner webs of the other pairs. Their throat is white to pale tawny buff that becomes tawny buff to rufous on the breast and belly. They have a brown to dark…
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