Rufous-crested Tanager (Creurgops verticalis)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
15 - 16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1858

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,400 - 2,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Western Venezuela (T�chira), and Andes from Colombia (patchily western and central Andes, including both slopes in Nari�o, head of Magdalena Valley in Huila; spottily on entire eastern slope of eastern Andes) southern on western slope to extreme north-western Ecuador (Carchi), and throughout eastern slope of Ecuador south to central Peru (Jun��n and northern Ayacucho).

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 (11)...)

Rufous-crested Tanager (Creurgops verticalis) [XC261217]
by Mitch Lysinger from Napo: Cascada San Rafael ('Coca Falls'), Ecuador (flight call, flight calls)

Rufous-crested Tanager (Creurgops verticalis) [XC46897]
by Andrew Spencer from La Cumbre, Villa Rica, Pasco, Peru (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Slaty Tanager (Creurgops dentatus).

References
See References.

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