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 LC    Spangle-cheeked Tanager* Id (Atlas):
    Tangara dowii

Description (10)
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Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvin, 1863)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,300 - 2,700 m, occasionally 1,100 - 3,200 m.

Range (Guide)
Costa Rica, Panama.

Mountains of Costa Rica (from eastern Guanacaste and southern Alajuela) east to western Panama (Chiriquí­ and Veraguas).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

 
Spangle-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii) [XC403201]
     by Frank Lambert from Savegre Mountain Lodge, Savegre Valley, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica (call)

 
Spangle-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii) [XC489726]
     by GABRIEL LEITE from Provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

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


References
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Files:
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