Opal-crowned tanager
| Opal-crowned tanager | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Tangara |
| Species: | T. callophrys |
| Binomial name | |
| Tangara callophrys (Cabanis, 1849) | |
The opal-crowned tanager (Tangara callophrys) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers. It is one of 49 species in the genus Tangara.
It is found in the eastern Andes drainages to the western Amazon Basin in southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and Peru and a region of northwestern Bolivia; for Brazil in southwestern-western Amazonas state and Acre.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Eastern Andes, western Amazon range
The opal-crowned tanager is found in one contiguous range centered on Amazonian eastern Peru-Ecuador, southeastern Colombia, and the very west of Amazonas state, Brazil; all of Acre state is included in the south with southern Peru, and a border region of extreme northwestern Bolivia.
A small disjunct population exists 100 km west in southern Colombia.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tangara callophrys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Opal-crowned Tanager photo gallery VIREO
- Photo-High Res; Article greenbackedheron—"Sacha Lodge", Ecuador
- Photo-Medium Res; Article tekipaki.jp—"Tanagers"
- Photo-High Res; Article wingsbirds.com—"Peru: The Northeast"
