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title: "Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant"
description: "Ochthoeca fumicolor — Birds. The brown-backed chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca fumicolor) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brown-backed-chat-tyrant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant

> Ochthoeca fumicolor — Birds. The brown-backed chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca fumicolor) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Ochthoeca fumicolor*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 933
- Wikidata: [Q1268812](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268812)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16188](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16188)

## Names

- en: Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant
- de: Rauchtyrann
- es: Pitajo Ahumado
- fr: Pitajo à dos brun
- nl: Bruinrugtapuittiran
- pl: Kląszczyk rdzawy

## Countries with the most observations

EC (362), CO (349), BO (60), PE (60)

## Summary

The brown-backed chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca fumicolor) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-backed_chat-tyrant

## Photo

![Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-backed-chat-tyrant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144931392

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-backed-chat-tyrant?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).