Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Spix, 1825)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii) [XC259642]
by John V. Moore from Sucumb\u00edos: Pa\u00f1acocha, left (n) bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (song)

Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii) [XC436529]
by Jerome Fischer from Reserva Natural Palmar\u00ed, Rio Javar\u00ed, AM, Brazil (call, song)

Subspecies
Genetic data indicate that this species is part of a monophyletic group that includes also Blue-whiskered Tanager (Tangara johannae), Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida), Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus), Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala), Saffron-crowned Tanager (Tangara xanthocephala), Golden-eared Tanager (Tangara chrysotis) and Flame-faced Tanager (Tangara parzudakii). Taxon anchicayae, described from mountains above R Anchicay�, in Valle (Colombia), erroneously as a subspecies of present species, is now known to be referable to Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

venezuelana Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1957 - Southern and south-eastern Venezuela (eastern and southern Amazonas and southern Bol��var from upper R Caura east to upper R Caron��).
schrankii (Spix, 1825) - South-eastern Colombia (from Caquet� and Vaup�s) south through eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru to east-central Bolivia (Santa Cruz), and eastern in Brazil (mostly south of R Amazon) to eastern Amazonas and extreme north-western Mato Grosso.
anchicayae Lehmann, V, 1957 - Western slope of western Andes of Colombia (R�o Anchicay�).

References
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Files:

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