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The streak-throated bush tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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The streak-throated bush tyrant is 21 to 23 cm (8.3 to 9.1 in) long and weighs about 64 g (2.3 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a faint whitish stripe from the lores past the eye on an otherwise dark brown face. Their upperparts are a slightly lighter brown. Their wings are mostly dusky with cinnamon-rufous edges and bases to the flight feathers; the latter show as a prominent band in flight. Their tail's upper surface is dusky and its underside cinnamon with a blackish outer third. Voice: The streak-throated bush tyrant's calls have been described as "a loud, clear whistle, peeeeee" that rises and is "unmistakably human in quality", "a strident, whistled stee-deek!", and "2-4 loud humanlike whistles...püEEET,,wuuu..eee püEEET..wuEET..sueet..peeu". The vocalizations have also been described as "a loud descending whistled HEEW or HEEE'wit a squeaky seebit".
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What the Streak-throated Bush Tyrant sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Smoky Bush TyrantMyiotheretes fumigatusThe smoky bush tyrant is 18 to 20.5 cm (7.1 to 8.1 in) long.
Santa Marta Bush TyrantMyiotheretes pernixThe Santa Marta bush tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae (tyrants).
Rufous-bellied Bush TyrantMyiotheretes fuscorufusThe 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).
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