Western Andes of Colombia: Las Orquídeas National Park (western Antioquia), and four sites in Chocóâ€"Risaraldaâ€"Valle del Cauca border region (vicinity of Cerro Tatamá).
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 2,499 (2010) and decreasing.
Food
Primarily fruit. Also insects when foraging in mixed-species flocks.
Voice
Song consists of sharp, penetrating, high-pitched whistles or thin, watery trills, 'tseeuurr', delivered in groups of 3-6. Short, twittered trill on lower pitch often given when alarmed or excited. Also 'chip' and 'chit' contact notes.
Gold-ringed Tanager (Bangsia aureocincta) [XC298524]
by id from DMI Arrayanal (Sector la Linda) Mistrato, Risaralda, Colombia (song)
Gold-ringed Tanager (Bangsia aureocincta) [XC145673]
by Fabrice Schmitt from DMI Arrayanal (Sector la Linda) Mistrato, Risaralda, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
In the past, genus sometimes subsumed in Buthraupis, but this treatment not supported by recent molecular-genetic studies, which place it in a separate clade, with Wetmorethraupis as sister to it. In addition, members of present genus are smaller in size and shorter-tailed than Buthraupis, relatively uniform in plumage, behaviourally less social and occur mostly at lower elevations.