Olive-backed Tanager (Mitrospingus oleagineus)

Family
Mitrospingidae (Mitrospingid Tanagers)

Size
18.50 - 19.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvin, 1886)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest. From 900 - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Olive-backed Tanager (Mitrospingus oleagineus) [XC388375]
by Nathan Pieplow from Upper escalera, Bolivar, Venezuela (song)

Olive-backed Tanager (Mitrospingus oleagineus) [XC232750]
by Andrew Spencer from Upper escalera, Bolivar, Venezuela (call)

Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic data indicate that this genus may be unrelated (or, at least, not closely related) to any other in present family. Affiliations uncertain, and no closely related family or sister-taxon yet identified. Subspecies very weakly differentiated and species may be better treated as monotypic.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

obscuripectus Zimmer, JT & Phelps, 1945 - Sierra de Lema and cerros of the Gran Sabana (except Roraima area), in south-eastern Bol��var region of south-eastern Venezuela, south to northern Brazil (on Uei-tepui).
oleagineus (Salvin, 1886) - Extreme south-eastern Venezuela (vicinity of Mt Roraima) and adjacent Guyana (on Mt Twek-quay); probably also tepui slopes in adjacent Brazil.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Olive-backed Tanager (Mitrospingus oleagineus) - 10 files

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