Flame-faced Tanager (Tangara parzudakii)

Other Names (World)
Flame-faced Tanager, Yellow-faced Tanager (lunigera)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1843)

Range (Guide)

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 (11)...)

Flame-faced Tanager (Tangara parzudakii) [XC230514]
by John V. Moore from Abra Patricia road, San Mart\u00edn, Peru (call)

Flame-faced Tanager (Tangara parzudakii) [XC844962]
by Ottavio Janni from Amagusa Reserve Pichincha, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
Genetic data indicate that this species is part of a monophyletic group that includes also Blue-whiskered Tanager (Tangara johannae), Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii), Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida), Chestnut-breasted Tanager (Tangara arthus), Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala), Saffron-crowned Tanager (Tangara xanthocephala) and Golden-eared Tanager (Tangara chrysotis).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

lunigera (Sclater, PL, 1851) - Pacific slope of western Andes from Colombia (southern from Risaralda) south to western slope in Ecuador (south to El Oro). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Yellow-faced Tanager (Tangara lunigera).
parzudakii (Lafresnaye, 1843) - South-western Venezuela (Andes of south-eastern T�chira); eastern Andes of Colombia (western slope from Santander to Cundinamarca and head of Magdalena Valley in Huila; eastern slope probably throughout, but recorded only Meta, Caquet�, Putumayo and Nari�o) and eastern slope in Ecuador.
urubambae Zimmer, JT, 1943 - Urubamba Valley and Amazonian drainage, in south-eastern Peru. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Blue-grey Tanager (Tangara episcopus).

References
See References.

Files:

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