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Brown-backed or Rufous-browed Chat-Tyrant

Ochthoeca [fumicolor or superciliosa] (= Ochthoeca fumicolor) Sclater, PL 1856

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons Juan Freile 2019-11-10 Cerro de Arcos (Hillstar site), Manu, Saraguro, Loja, Saraguro (Ecuador) (3600 m) call -

Interaction of three individuals in shrubby paramo dominated by Chuquiraga jussieui.

983161
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor Andrés M. Cuervo 2023-01-18 , Antioquia (Colombia)   -   575631251
macaulaylibrary.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons Niels Krabbe 1983-10-14 Napo: 7 km WSW Papallacta, Napo (Ecuador) (3900 m) call -

A pair. Páramo scrub. Reference: 1983-84 IIIB cut 213 (Ochfum11). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9). Filtered version on Moore et al. (2013) (http://johnvmoorenaturerecordings.com/pubs/ECUAD/main.htm).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

248674
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons Jonas Nilsson 2002-09-14 Carchi: Aguas Hediondas, Páramo El Angel, Ecuador (Ecuador) (3520 m) dawn song -

Páramo scrub. Reference: JN1 (B 96-100). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

276305
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons John V. Moore 2000-10-00 Pichincha: 1.5 km NW Papallacta Pass, Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (3900 m) calls -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD Pair at dawn

playback-used:no

258884
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor Peter Boesman 2006-02-12 Papallacta pass, Pichincha, Napo (Ecuador) (3000 - 4000 m) excited calls -

ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 191 side A track 15 seq. B)

226803
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons Juan Freile 2019-11-10 Cerro de Arcos (Hillstar site), Manu, Saraguro, Loja, Saraguro (Ecuador) (3600 m) call -

In shrubby paramo. Pressumably an immature bird with duller back and wings.

983141
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor Iván Lau 2018-11-28 Paramo Bordoncillo, Putumayo, Santiago (Colombia) (3200 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

667402
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons Niels Krabbe 1995-02-11 Azuay: Cañayacu 7 km NNE Chaucha, Azuay (Ecuador) (3250 m) dawn song -

Selectively logged humid forest. Reference: CIIIA 629-639, 642-654 (Ochfum13). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

250048
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons John V. Moore 1999-02-00 Azuay: Cajas NP (high), Azuay (Ecuador) (3800 m) perch and flight calls -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD Looped once

playback-used:no

258885
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor Jacob Wijpkema 2023-12-16 Corani pipeline road, Chapare, Cochabamba Department, Chapare (Bolivia) (3300 m) call - [sono] 871459
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons Niels Krabbe 1994-03-13 Chimborazo: w-slope Loma Totol, Chimborazo (Ecuador) (3600 m) call -

Calls while foraging. Flight call at the end. Páramo grassland with a few bushes. Reference: LXXIXA 97-102 (Ochfum10). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9). Filtered version on Moore et al. (2013) (http://johnvmoorenaturerecordings.com/pubs/ECUAD/main.htm).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

249678
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons Niels Krabbe 1992-05-03 Tungurahua: Llanganates: 1 km SE Lag. del Tambo, Tungurahua (Ecuador) (3700 m) chatter -

Elfin forest. Reference: ILA 132 (Ochfum5). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

249476
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons John V. Moore 2000-04-00 Cotopaxi: Laguna de Limpiopungo, Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (3860 m) flight calls -

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD 2 birds interreacting

playback-used:no

258886
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons Niels Krabbe 1999-10-11 Pichincha: 1.5 km NW Papallacta Pass, Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (3900 m) dawn song partly in flight -

3 birds. Open tall tussock grass páramo with scattered clumps of low microphylloys bushes. Reference: (Ochfum12). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

248665
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons Niels Krabbe 1992-05-08 Napo: Llanganates: 1.5 km N Lag. Aucacocha, Napo (Ecuador) (3600 m) call -

From perch in treeline scrub. Reference: ILB 138 (Ochfum8). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

249494
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant (Brown-backed) - Ochthoeca fumicolor [fumicolor Group] Theodore A. Parker III 1979-08-24 14.0 km NW of Abra Malaga; Canchaillo, Cuzco [Cusco], Peru, Cusco (Peru)   -   17767
macaulaylibrary.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons Niels Krabbe 1994-03-13 Chimborazo: w-slope Loma Totol, Chimborazo (Ecuador) (3600 m) calls -

A male near female with young (also heard). Páramo grassland with a few bushes. Reference: LXXIXA 69-71, 79-87 (Ochfum9). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

249677
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor Oscar Humberto Marin-Gomez 2008-05-04 Finca el Vergel, Vereda Toche, limite entre Cajamarca y Salento entre Quindio y Tolima, Quindío (Colombia) (3600 m) song -

Ref OHM025A 2032. Un individuo en tocon cerca al borde de bosque, junto con bandada mixta. 10m del Mic. Vocalización Natural. Camino hacia la Primavera. Grabaciones realizadas en compañía de Diego Duque Montoya.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

130344
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons Niels Krabbe 1992-05-02 Tungurahua: Llanganates: 1 km SE Lag. del Tambo, Tungurahua (Ecuador) (3700 m) call -

Treeline scrub. Reference: ILA 45 (Ochfum4). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

249475
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor Peter Boesman 2008-07-28 Bosque Unchog, Huánuco, Huánuco (Peru) call -

ID certainty 95%. (Archiv. tape 533 side A track 21 seq. A)

226804
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor fumicolor Andrew Spencer 06-06-2011 Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza, Cundinamarca, Cundinamarca (Colombia) (3300 m) calls (A) - natural vocalization 84235
xeno-canto.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant (Brown-backed) - Ochthoeca fumicolor [fumicolor Group] Andrew Spencer 2010-06-30 Papallacta--La Virgen y alrededores inmediatos (Pass and immediate vicinity), Napo, Ecuador, Napo (Ecuador)   -   69597071
macaulaylibrary.org
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor Peter Boesman 2008-07-29 Bosque Unchog, Huánuco, Huánuco (Peru) call -

ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 533 side A track 80 seq. A)

226805
xeno-canto.org
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