Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas)

Other Scientific Names
Chrysothlypis chrysomelaena [AOU checklist (1998 + supplements)]

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater & Salvin, 1869)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From 350 - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, Panama.

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 (9)...)

Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas) [XC24251]
by Patrick O'Donnell from Las Minas (Caribbean), Cocle Province, Panama (call)

Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas) [XC153997]
by Tyler Wenzel from Virgen del Socorro, Alajuela, Costa Rica (call?)

Subspecies
Molecular data indicate that this genus and Hemithraupis are closely related and probably sister-taxa, and that Heterospingus also is closely related to them.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

titanota Olson, 1981 - Caribbean slope of northern Costa Rica from Alajuela (vicinity of Cerro Santa Maria) southern along eastern base of Cordillera Central and Cordillera de Talamanca to area of Panama border.
chrysomelas (Sclater & Salvin, 1869) - Western Panama (western Chiriqu�� east to vicinity of Cerro Campana, in western Panam�).
ocularis Nelson, 1912 - Eastern Panama from Cerro Jefe (and Pacific slope in eastern Panam� and Dari�n) east to extreme north-western Colombia (Cerro Tacarcuna).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas) - 10 files

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