Hooded Mountain-Tanager (Buthraupis montana)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
21 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,500 - 3,200 m, occasionally up to 3,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (27)...)

Hooded Mountain Tanager (Buthraupis montana) [XC296746]
by Rolf A. de By from Hu\u00e1nuco: Carpish Tunnel, Peru (call)

Hooded Mountain Tanager (Buthraupis montana) [XC262601]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Cayapachupa, Cordillera de Tois\u00e1n, Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador (call, calls)

Subspecies
Birds from Venezuela proposed as a separate subspecies, venezuelana, but validity of this requires confirmation.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

gigas (Bonaparte, 1851) - Venezuela (Sierra de Perij�, and Andes of southern T�chira) and adjacent eastern Andes of Colombia (south to Cundinamarca).
cucullata (Jardine & Selby, 1842) - Western and central Andes of Colombia south to Ecuador.
cyanonota von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 - Andes of northern and central Peru (Amazonas south to Jun��n).
saturata von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1906 - Andes of south-eastern Peru (Cuzco and Puno).
montana (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - Andes of northern Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba and western Santa Cruz).
venezuelana Aveledo & Perez, 1989 - North-western Venezuela.

References
See References.

Files:

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