Fire-bellied Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus igniventris)

Other Names (World)
Fire-bellied Mountain-tanager, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
16 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest, subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 2,600 - 3,500 m, occasionally 2,200 - 3,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, 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 (16)...)

Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus igniventris) [XC683231]
by Dante Buzzetti from Corani, Chapare, Cochabamba, Bolivia (song)

Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus igniventris) [XC683241]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from Corani, Chapare, Cochabamba, Bolivia (call, song)

Subspecies
Formerly placed with Santa Marta Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus melanogenys) and Lacrimose Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus) in a separate genus, Poecilothraupis.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

lunulatus (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1839) - Andes of western Venezuela (southern T�chira) and adjacent Colombia (Norte de Santander southern in eastern Andes to Cundinamarca). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus lunulatus).
erythrotus (Jardine & Selby, 1840) - Central Andes of Colombia (Caldas, Cauca, Huila, and both slopes in Nari�o) south through Ecuador to northern Peru (north of R Mara��n, south to R Chamaya).
ignicrissa (Cabanis, 1873) - Eastern slope of Andes of Peru south of R Mara��n (central Cajamarca south of R Chamaya, and from Amazonas south to Jun��n).
igniventris (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - Eastern slope of Peru (from Jun��n) south to Bolivia (Santa Cruz).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Fire-bellied Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus igniventris) - 10 files

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