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Brown-backed chat-tyrant       Images © Mark A. Chappell

Brown-backed chat-tyrants are one of a myriad of small flycatchers in the neotropics.   This species is found in open or brushy country at high altitudes; this bird was photographed at about 4,300 m (about 14,500 feet) at Abra Malaga Pass in southern Peru, not far from Cusco.   A closely-related species, from slightly-lower altitudes, is the rufous-breasted chat-tyrant.

  • Canon 1D4, 800 mm IS lens plus 1.4X extender, fill-in flash (2014)