Rainbow-bearded Thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani) [XC130334]
by Niels Krabbe from Finca el Vergel, Vereda Toche, limite entre Cajamarca y Salento entre Quindio y Tolima, Colombia (call)
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani) [XC512784]
by Mitch Lysinger from Cerro Toledo, Podocarpus NP, Loja, Ecuador (call)
Subspecies
In past, sometimes separated in monospecific genus Eupogonus.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
tolimae Kleinschmidt, O, 1927 - Volcán Tolima in central Andes of Colombia.
herrani (DeLattre & Bourcier, 1846) - Western Andes of Colombia (Munchique to Nariño) through both slopes in Ecuador to northern Peru (Piura).