Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Fawn-breasted Tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota) - HBW 16, p. 210
French: Tangara à dos noir
German: Schwarzrückentangare
Spanish: Tangara de Antifaz
Taxonomy: Tanagra melanonota Vieillot, 1819, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Systematic position of present species has been much debated; recent DNA evidence suggests that it is properly placed in present family and is closely related, and probably sister, to Thraupis bonariensis. Taxonomic status of SE populations may be worthy of investigation. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- venezuelensis (P. L. Sclater, 1857) - mountains of N, NE, SW & S Venezuela (coastal range from Carabobo E to Distrito Federal and Miranda; Sucre and Monagas; locally in Andes from NW & S Lara S to Táchira; Cerro Yaví and Cerro Taracuniña, in N & S Amazonas; probably also mountains of SE Bolívar), and W, C & E Andes of Colombia S on both slopes to Ecuador, Peru (S on W slope to Lima, on E slope throughout), Bolivia and NW Argentina (S to Tucumán and Catamarca).
- melanonota (Vieillot, 1819) - S & SE Brazil (locally SW Mato Grosso; and S Bahia and E Minas Gerais S to C Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay, NE Argentina (Misiones and N Corrientes; NE Buenos Aires S to Punta Indio) and S Uruguay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on a branch, eating a moth Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp venezuelensis)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 5 years ago 25 sec 4.7 -
A male feeding on a moth, leaving it and going away Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp venezuelensis)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 5 years ago 14 sec 4.2 -
A male in a tree Locality Hotel Pueblo, Aguas Calientes, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp venezuelensis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 July 2005 7 years ago 11 sec 2.8 -
A distant male eating berries Locality Septimo Paraiso, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp venezuelensis)
Greg Baker 25 September 2004 10 weeks ago 10 sec 2.8
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Bird eating berries in a tree
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Rafael Merchante 13 November 2010 4 weeks ago 4 -
Female - perched on a tree branch
Locality Chicaque Natural Park, San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp venezuelensis)
Blair Wainman 29 July 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Male - perched on a tree branch
Locality Chicaque Natural Park, San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp venezuelensis)
Blair Wainman 29 July 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A bird with a caterpillar in the bill
Locality Folha Seca, Ubatuba, São Paulo State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 18 August 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
On a branch
Locality Combeima Canyon, Juntas, Tolima Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 7 weeks ago 3.7 -
An adult.
Locality Bom Jesus, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil (ssp melanonota)
Ken Havard 28 November 2012 12 weeks ago 3.3
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Song Locality Río Blanco Reserve, Caldas Department, Colombia
(ssp venezuelensis)
Bradley Davis 28 May 2007 3 years ago 3
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