Orange-eared Tanager (Chlorochrysa calliparaea)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12 - 13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Tschudi, 1844)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 900 - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (B).

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 (15)...)

Orange-eared Tanager (Chlorochrysa calliparaea) [XC261161]
by Mitch Lysinger from Napo: km 11.6 Narupa-Loreto road, Ecuador (song)

Orange-eared Tanager (Chlorochrysa calliparaea) [XC254250]
by id from Azulita area Merida, Venezuela (song)

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. Sight records of this species in western Venezuela may refer to subspecies bourcieri or to an undescribed subspecies.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

bourcieri (Bonaparte, 1851) - Southern Colombia (western slope of eastern Andes in Cundinamarca south to head of Magdalena Valley, in Huila; eastern slope of eastern Andes southern from Caquet�) south to eastern Ecuador and eastern slope in northern Peru (Hu�nuco south to Huallaga Valley).
calliparaea (Tschudi, 1844) - Eastern slope of Andes of Peru (Pasco south to northern Ayacucho).
fulgentissima Chapman, 1901 - Eastern slope of Andes of southern Peru (from Cuzco) south to Bolivia (south to north-western Cochabamba). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Blue-throated Tanager (Chlorochrysa fulgentissima).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Orange-eared Tanager (Chlorochrysa calliparaea) - 10 files

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