Espírito Santo and probably also adjacent Minas Gerais, in eastern Brazil.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 50 - 249 (2010) and decreasing.
Status CR
Habitat destruction and degradation through ongoing deforestation is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Habits
Singly and in groups of 1 - 10 birds, and associating with mixed-species flocks.
Voice
A complex series of thin warbles, and double-whistle calls.
Cherry-throated Tanager (Nemosia rourei) [XC606710]
by Guilherme de Melo Becher from Mata dos Caet\u00e9s, Vargem Alta-ES, Esp\u00edrito Santo, Brazil (call, song)
Cherry-throated Tanager (Nemosia rourei) [XC36734]
by Monyzi Pezzin from Mata dos Caet\u00e9s, Vargem Alta, Esp\u00edrito Santo, Brazil (call, song, song and calls of 3 birds.)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Type locality was for long regarded as Muriaé, in south-eastern Minas Gerais, but this now questioned, and hypothesized that type specimen is, in fact, from Macaé, in southern Rio de Janeiro. Molecular-genetic data indicate that present genus and Sericossypha are probably sister-taxa. Although this species has for long been placed in present genus, it is vocally closer to Lamprospiza.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet