Other Names (World)
Stolzmann's Tanager, Black-backed Bush-Tanager, Black-backed Finch, Black-backed Brushfinch, Black-backed Bush Tanager
Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)
Size
15 - 16 cm
First Described (Guide)
Taczanowski & Berlepsch, 1885
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland, subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 3,000 - 3,600 m, occasionally up to 4,000 m.
Black-backed Bush Tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni) [XC10204]
by Diego Calderon-F. from RNA El Mirador, G\u00e9nova, Quind\u00edo, Colombia (call)
Black-backed Bush Tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni) [XC17346]
by Andrew Spencer from Papallacta Pass, Napo, Ecuador (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Relationships uncertain. Considered by some authors to be most closely allied to Chlorospingus, but regarded by some others as belonging in family Emberizidae and possibly closest to Atlapetes. Molecular-genetic data indicate that it probably belongs in present family.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet