Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager (Dubusia taeniata) [XC250797]
by Niels Krabbe from Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca p\u00e1ramo, Ecuador (call)
Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager (Dubusia taeniata) [XC261210]
by Paul Coopmans from Loja: Cerro Acanam\u00e1, Ecuador (call, song, calls)
Subspecies
Molecular-genetic data indicate that this genus and Delothraupis are sister-taxa, with Calochaetes sister to both. Subspecies have in the past been treated as three separate species. It was recently proposed that southern subspecies stictocephala be regarded as a separate species (carrikeri retained with nominate race), on grounds of known vocal and morphological evidence. This merits further examination.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
carrikeri Wetmore, 1946 - Santa Marta Mts, in northern Colombia. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Carriker's Mountain-tanager (Dubusia carrikeri).
taeniata (Boissonneau, 1840) - Andes of Venezuela (Trujillo south to Táchira), all three ranges in Colombia (in western Andes mainly northern and southern ends, in Antioquia and Cauca), and both slopes in Ecuador and north-western Peru (south to Piura and northern Cajamarca north of Marañón Valley).
stictocephala von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894 - Eastern slope of Andes in Peru (from southern side of Marañón Valley, in Amazonas, south to northern end of Cordillera Vilcanota, in Cuzco). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Streak-crowned Mountain-tanager (Dubusia stictocephala).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet