Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas) - HBW 16, p. 259
French: Tangara loriot
German: Zitronentangare
Spanish: Tangara Negriamarilla
Taxonomy: Tachyphonus chrysomelas P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1869, Cordillera del Chucú, Veraguas, Panama.
Molecular data indicate that this genus and Hemithraupis are closely related and probably sister-taxa, and that Heterospingus also is closely related to them. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- titanota Olson, 1981 - Caribbean slope of N Costa Rica from Alajuela (vicinity of Cerro Santa Maria) S along E base of Cordillera Central and Cordillera de Talamanca to area of Panama border.
- chrysomelas (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869) - W Panama (W Chiriquí E to vicinity of Cerro Campana, in W Panamá).
- ocularis Nelson, 1912 - E Panama from Cerro Jefe (and Pacific slope in E Panamá and Darién) E to extreme NW Colombia (Cerro Tacarcuna).
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Calls from a pair. Locality Cartago Province, Costa Rica
(ssp chrysolmelaena)
Scott Olmstead 27 March 2010 1 year ago 3
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