Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Magpie Tanager (Cissopis leverianus) - HBW 16, p. 158
French: Tangara pillurion
German: Elstertangare
Spanish: Tangara Urraca
Taxonomy: Lanius leverianus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, no locality = French Guiana.
Recent molecular data indicate that present genus, Schistochlamys and Neothraupis are one another’s closest relatives. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leverianus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - W & E Venezuela (on both slopes of Andes, and S of R Orinoco) E to French Guiana and Brazil (N Roraima), also Colombia (E slope of Andes S from Norte de Santander) S to Bolivia (Santa Cruz) and E across Brazil S of Amazon to C Mato Grosso, SE Pará and S Maranhão; also extreme E Brazil (Alagoas, possibly also Pernambuco).
- major Cabanis, 1851 - SE Brazil (Goiás and Bahia S to N Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird calling several times Locality Parque do Zizo, São Paulo State, Brazil (ssp major)
Guto Carvalho 31 December 2004 4 years ago 16 sec 4.9 -
Record of two cissopis leverianus feeding. Itatiaia National Park. Brazil. By Antonio Silveira (birdwatcher)www.aultimaarcadenoe Locality Itatiaia National Park, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 1 March 2005 2 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 39 sec 4.3 -
A bird eating bananas at a feeder. Locality Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp leverianus)
Robert Schaefer 28 October 2008 3 years ago 20 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched, then flying to visit a feeding tray Locality Itatiaia National Park, Brazil (ssp major)
Richard Garrigues 2 June 2007 4 years ago 15 sec 4.1 -
A bird in a tree Locality Itatiaia National Park, Brazil (ssp major)
Josep del Hoyo 3 July 2004 5 years ago 14 sec 3.9 -
A bird perched Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (ssp major)
Josep del Hoyo 27 June 2004 6 years ago 21 sec 3.9
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A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina (ssp major)
Carmelo López 7 November 2011 19 weeks ago 3.8 -
Two birds perched.
Locality Caraça Monastery, Caraça National Park, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (ssp major)
marco aurelio martins de ... 13 October 2008 2 years ago 3.8 -
A bird found in Zamora at 8:30 am
Locality La Fragancia, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp leverianus)
Santiago 5 June 2011 50 weeks ago 3.3 -
A bird found in Zamora at 8:30 am
Locality La Fragancia, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp leverianus)
Santiago 5 June 2011 50 weeks ago 3 -
Bird on a bush
Locality Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp leverianus)
Joe Prasil 1 January 2005 2 years ago 3 -
4 Birds feeding at the canopy
Locality Aguas Verdes, San Martín Department, Peru (ssp leverianus)
auf 18 August 2008 2 years ago 2.7
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Cissopis leverianus recorded in Itatiaia National Park, Brazil, by Antonio Silveira (Birdwatcher) www.aultimaarcadenoe.com.br Locality Itatiaia National Park, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 1 December 1991 2 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4
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