Extreme southern Ecuador (south-eastern Zamora-Chinchipe) and adjacent northern Peru (north-central Amazonas).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
Forest clearance, especially along new extensions of the road network, through the activities of settlers attracted to the region, is the only known threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Habits
Forages in pairs or small groups of up to five, occasionally joining mixed-species flocks.
Food
Fruit and insects.
Voice
A deliberate 'in-chee-tooch'. A penetrating 'seet' call.
Orange-throated Tanager (Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron) [XC251758]
by Niels Krabbe from Zamora-Chinchipe: 1-2 km W Shaimi, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador (call)
Orange-throated Tanager (Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron) [XC276643]
by Jerome Fischer from Amazonas: Pe\u00f1as Blancas (not located), ca. 30 km SW of Urakusa, Peru (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Molecular studies place present species as sister to Bangsia. Differs from other genera in family in stiff, bristly throat feathers, although this condition is approached in Spindalis.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet