Black-chested Mountain-tanager (Cnemathraupis eximia)

Other Names (World)
Black-chested Mountain-Tanager, Blue-rumped Mountain-tanager, Black-chested Mountain Tanager

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
18 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boissonneau, 1840)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 2,800 - 3,500 m, occasionally 2,000 - 3,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

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 (21)...)

Black-chested Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis eximia) [XC42591]
by Roger Ahlman from above Papallacta village (Napo), Ecuador (juvenile begging)

Black-chested Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis eximia) [XC149161]
by Niels Krabbe from Yanacocha reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Golden-backed Mountain-tanager (Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

eximia (Boissonneau, 1840) - Andes of south-western Venezuela (southern T�chira) and adjacent Colombia (Norte de Santander and Cundinamarca).
zimmeri Moore, RT, 1934 - Colombia at northern end of western Andes (p�ramos of Frontino and Paramillo) and in central Andes (Caldas-Antioquia border south to Tolima).
chloronota Sclater, PL, 1855 - Southern Colombia on both slopes of Andes (from Huila and Cauca) south to north-western Ecuador.
cyanocalyptra Moore, RT, 1934 - Andes of southern Ecuador south to northern Peru (south to eastern Piura and northern Cajamarca, mostly north of R Mara��n).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-chested Mountain-tanager (Cnemathraupis eximia) - 10 files

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