Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Black-and-white Tanager (Conothraupis speculigera) - HBW 16, p. 159
French: Tangara à miroir blanc
German: Spiegeltangare
Spanish: Tangara Albinegra
Taxonomy: Schistochlamys speculigera Gould, 1855, Río Ucayali, Peru.
Placement of genus in present family has been questioned. Has been suggested that this species could be close to genus Sporophila, currently in Emberizidae, or that bill shape is more like that of a fringillid finch. On the other hand, has been suggested that it is conspecific with C. mesoleuca, but recent evidence points to the contrary. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds W slope of Andes from W Ecuador (Pichincha, Azuay, El Oro and Loja) S to NW Peru (Lambayeque and La Libertad); migrates to E slope and base of Andes (very locally Amazonas, Cajamarca and San Martín) and E lowlands of Ucayali and Madre de Dios, in Peru.
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Adult male in hand.
Locality Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Joe Tobias 1 February 2004 21 weeks ago 3.8 -
View of the wing of an adult male in hand.
Locality Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Joe Tobias 1 February 2004 21 weeks ago 3.7 -
Dorsal view of an immature male moulting.
Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Joe Tobias 1 January 2004 21 weeks ago 3.7 -
Immature male in hand.
Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Joe Tobias 1 January 2004 21 weeks ago 3.7
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typical calls from the understory Locality Jorupe Reserve, Loja Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 2 February 2010 2 years ago 3
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