Glistening-green Tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotis)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12.50 - 13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1851)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 700 - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador.

Colombia on western slope of central Andes (Antioquia) and Pacific slope of western Andes (from Risaralda) south to Ecuador (Pichincha and El Oro).

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 (28)...)

Glistening-green Tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotis) [XC262553]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from Esmeraldas: San Vicente Alto, Cordillera de Lachas, Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador (begging call, call, agitated calls, begging calls)

Glistening-green Tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotis) [XC262551]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: San Vicente Alto, Cordillera de Lachas, Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador (alarm call, begging call, call, calls, begging calls, alarm calls)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Although genus traditionally placed next to Tangara in linear taxonomic sequences, genetic data, together with glistening plumage, leg morphology, and voice, indicate that the two genera are not closely related.

References
See References.

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