Habitat
Subtropical humid cloud-forest, foraging in secondary and disturbed habitats, forest borders and fragments, and in cultivated land. From 1,000 - 2,285 m, but mainly 1,400 - 1,750 m.
Colombia: north-western end of central Andes in Antioquia, and western slope of western Andes on Cerro Tatamá and Mistrató (including Alto de Pisones), on Chocóâ€"Risaraldaâ€"Valle del Cauca border.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 2,499 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
Habitat destruction, degradation and fragmentation through deforestation, cattle ranching, mining, small-scale agriculture and road building, is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Habits
Singly, in pairs and occasionally in mixed-species flocks.
Food
A variety of fruit, seeds.
Voice
Song consists of 3-5 phrases, 'pit-psEEyee' or 'tst-tzEEee', delivered rapidly and followed by a pause. Usual contact call is sharp, staccato 'tst' or 'pit'. Lone birds occasionally give longer 'pseee' or 'pseeyee'.
Black-and-gold Tanager (Bangsia melanochlamys) [XC245027]
by Garry Bakker from Antioquia, Municipio de Yarumal, Vereda Corcovado, carretera entre el Alto de Ventanas y el Cedro, Finca Villa Nueva., Colombia (song)
Black-and-gold Tanager (Bangsia melanochlamys) [XC245025]
by Peter Boesman from Antioquia, Municipio de Yarumal, Vereda Corcovado, carretera entre el Alto de Ventanas y el Cedro, Finca Villa Nueva., Colombia (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
In the past, genus sometimes subsumed in Buthraupis, but this treatment not supported by recent molecular-genetic studies, which place it in a separate clade, with Wetmorethraupis as sister to it. In addition, members of present genus are smaller in size and shorter-tailed than Buthraupis, relatively uniform in plumage, behaviourally less social and occur mostly at lower elevations.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet