Short-billed Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus parvirostris)

Other Names (World)
Short-billed Bush-Tanager, Yellow-whiskered Bush-Tanager, Yellow-whiskered Bush Tanager, Short-billed Chlorospingus

Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
14 - 14.70 cm

First Described (Guide)
Chapman, 1901

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest, subtropical and tropical heavily degraded former forest, subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland, inland wetlands. From 1,400 - 2,000 m, occasionally up to 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, 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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Yellow-whiskered Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus parvirostris) [XC675852]
by id from Morona-Santiago: 4.4 km E Chiguinda, Ecuador (call)

Yellow-whiskered Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus parvirostris) [XC548916]
by Fabrice Schmitt from Ca\u00f1\u00f3n alto r\u00edo Guachicos, Vda. Porvenir, Pitalito, Huila, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic studies indicate that this genus and Nesospingus, Spindalis and Phaenicophilus form a monophyletic clade that is sister to several New World warbler (Parulidae) genera (including Dendroica, Basileuterus and Vermivora), and are not closely related to other genera of present family. More recent evidence suggests that Chlorospingus is closest to genus Arremonops in family Emberizidae. This species was originally considered a subspecies of Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus flavigularis), but subsequently separated on basis of size, plumage and elevational distribution.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

huallagae Carriker, 1933 - Eastern slope of eastern Andes from Colombia (Cundinamarca and Meta) south through Ecuador to north-western Peru (La Libertad).
medianus Zimmer, JT, 1947 - Eastern slope of Andes in central Peru (Jun��n and Urubamba regions).
parvirostris Chapman, 1901 - Eastern slope of Andes in south-eastern Peru and adjacent Bolivia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Short-billed Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus parvirostris) - 10 files

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