Green-naped Tanager (Tangara fucosa)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Nelson, 1912

Habitat
Montane evergreen and elfin forests and edge habitats. Above 1,350 m, but occasionally down to 550 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia (B), Panama (B).

Mountains of eastern Panama on Cerro Pirre, the Serran��a de Jungurud�, and Cerro Mal�� (near Cerro Tacarcuna), and Panama�"Colombia border on Cerro Tacarcuna; one sight record in north-western Colombia on Cerro Tacarcuna (R Tigre).

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 NT
Habitat loss or degradation from gold mining operations below its altitudanal range is a potential threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Green-naped Tanager (Tangara fucosa) [XC359443]
by id from Cerro Pirre (ridge), Panama (call)

Green-naped Tanager (Tangara fucosa) [XC60683]
by Hans Matheve from cloud forest above Pirre Camp, Cerro Pirre, Darien, Panama, Panama (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Molecular-genetic data indicate that this species, Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis), Spangle-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii) and Blue-and-black Tanager (Tangara vassorii) form a species group, with last-mentioned basal to the other three. Has been considered conspecific with Spangle-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii), the two being similar in vocalizations, behaviour and habitat preference.

References
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