Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Blue-and-gold Tanager (Bangsia arcaei) - HBW 16, p. 197
French: Tangara jaune et bleu
German: Bangstangare
Spanish: Tangara de Arcé
Taxonomy: Buthraupis arcaei P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1869, Cordillera del Chucú, Veraguas, Panama.
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. Recent specimens apparently of this species from Colombia may represent an undescribed form; study required. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- caeruleigularis (Ridgway, 1893) - Caribbean slope of Costa Rica from extreme SE Guanacaste S to Cartago (including slopes of volcanoes Turrialba, Irazú, Barba and Poas).
- arcaei (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869) - W & E Panama (locally in C Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí and both slopes in Veraguas E to Coclé; vicinity of Cerro Jefe, also Cerro Brewster, in W San Blas).
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Locality Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica (ssp caeruleigularis)
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Song. Locality Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica
(ssp caeruleigularis)
Scott Olmstead 16 March 2010 2 years ago 3
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