Scarlet-browed Tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
17 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, 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

Scarlet-browed Tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius) [XC215338]
by id from Rio Silanche, Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha, Ecuador (call)

Scarlet-browed Tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius) [XC640059]
by Jerome Fischer from Pichincha: Silanche, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
Molecular data indicate genus is closest to Hemithraupis and Chrysothlypis. May form superspecies with Sulphur-rumped Tanager (Heterospingus rubrifrons) and often considered conspecific, but differs in morphology and plumage.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

xanthopygius (Sclater, 1855) - Eastern Panama (eastern Dari�n, including Tuira valley, Cerro Pirre, Cerro Sapo, Jaqu� valley, and Serran��a de Jungurud�) and east through northern Colombia (along northern base of western and central Andes, and southern in Magdalena Valley to Antioquia).
berliozi Wetmore, 1966 - Pacific coast of Colombia (from northern Choc�) south to west-central Ecuador (Pichincha and Chimborazo).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Scarlet-browed Tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius) - 10 files

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