Black-and-white Tanager (Conothraupis speculigera)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
16 - 16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1855)

Habitat
In breeding season, deciduous woodland, gallery forest and riparian thickets. From sea-level - 1,950 m. In non-breedind season (June - September), forest-edge, second growth and river-edge forest.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil (B), Ecuador (B), Peru (B).

Breeds western slope of Andes from western Ecuador (Pichincha, Azuay, El Oro and Loja) south to north-western Peru (Lambayeque and La Libertad); migrates to eastern slope and base of Andes (very locally Amazonas, Cajamarca and San Mart��n) and eastern lowlands of Ucayali and Madre de Dios, in Peru.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Deforestation and understorey degradation is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

Black-and-white Tanager (Conothraupis) [XC275141]
by Wilson Diaz from Loja: Sabiango-Sozoranga road, Ecuador (song)

Black-and-white Tanager (Conothraupis) [XC5603]
by Charlie Vogt from Quebrada Negrahuasi, Zona Reservada Laquipampa, Ferrenafe, Lambayeque, Peru (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Placement of genus in present family has been questioned. Has been suggested that this species could be close to genus Sporophila, currently in Emberizidae, or that bill shape is more like that of a fringillid finch. On the other hand, has been suggested that it is conspecific with Cone-billed Tanager (Conothraupis mesoleuca), but recent evidence points to the contrary.

References
See References.

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