Eastern chat-tanager

Eastern chat-tanager
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Incertae sedis
Genus: Calyptophilus
Species: C. frugivorus
Binomial name
Calyptophilus frugivorus
(Cory, 1883)

The eastern chat-tanager (Calyptophilus frugivorus) is a species of bird formerly placed in the family Thraupidae.

It is found on the island of Hispaniola where it is now restricted to central and southern parts of the Dominican Republic. It formerly also occurred on the Samaná Peninsula as well as on Gonâve Island in Haiti. In the south-west of Hispaniola it is replaced by the western chat-tanager (C. tertius), which was formerly considered conspecific.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Calyptophilus frugivorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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