Birds of Venezuela


Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris) Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A usually common Andean species found from 1500-3000m near streams.


Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca fumicolor) Baldias, Colombia
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Generally common above 3000 meters, and perches out in the open.
Greyer subspecies fumicolor from back.
From front.


Blackish Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca nigrita) ENDEMIC Mérida, Venezuela
Photograph by Margareta Wieser © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis rufopectus) Hacienda del Bosque, Manizales, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Note rufous breast.
Front view.

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Rufous-browed Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca superciliosa) ENDEMIC

Formerly a subspecies of the Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant.

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