Rufous-bellied Bush Tyrant

Myiotheretes fuscorufus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 32 g

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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. Voice: The rufous-bellied bush tyrant's song is "a vigorous pip-pip-pip pi-DOO"; the number of pip notes varies from two to four and the pi-DOO is sometimes repeated once. The species' call is "a rising-falling series of rich pip notes".

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When to see the Rufous-bellied Bush Tyrant

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rufous-bellied Bush Tyrant

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Rufous-bellied Bush Tyrant

The rufous-bellied bush tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.

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