Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Plushcap (Catamblyrhynchus diadema) - HBW 16, p. 280
French: Tête-de-peluche couronné
German: Plüschkopftangare
Spanish: Tangara Peluda
Other common names: Plush-capped Finch
Taxonomy: Catamblyrhynchus diadema Lafresnaye, 1842, “Bogotá”.
Relationships uncertain. Genus has been placed variously in a separate monotypic family, Catamblyrhynchidae, and in a separate subfamily, Catamblyrhynchinae, within Emberizidae; molecular-genetic data support its inclusion in present family. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- diadema Lafresnaye, 1842 - W Venezuela (Sierra de Perijá, and Andes S from Trujillo) and Colombia (Santa Marta Mts, and Andes generally) S to S Ecuador.
- federalis Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1953 - coastal cordillera (Aragua, Vargas and Distrito Federal, probably also Miranda), in N Venezuela.
- citrinifrons Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 - Andes of Peru S on W slope to Lambayeque, and throughout E slope S to Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba and W Santa Cruz) and to NW Argentina (Jujuy).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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front view, singing - moves off and second one passes by Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp citrinifrons)
Martin Kennewell 29 August 2006 1 year ago 37 sec 3.7 -
front/side view perched, flies, then feeding in bamboo Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp citrinifrons)
Martin Kennewell 29 August 2006 1 year ago 20 sec 3.7 -
A bird perched on a branch and flying away Locality Pillahuata, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp citrinifrons)
Keith Blomerley 15 November 2004 7 years ago 12 sec 2.9 -
rear view, singing Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp citrinifrons)
Martin Kennewell 29 August 2006 1 year ago 9 sec 2
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Nice views of a bird very close to the road.
Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru
Cock Reijnders 15 September 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
Very close in bushes along the road.
Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru
Cock Reijnders 15 September 2010 2 years ago 4 -
A perched bird.
Locality Carpish Pass, Huánuco Department, Peru (ssp citrinifrons)
Ken Havard 8 June 2012 45 weeks ago 3.3 -
Feeding
Locality Chingaza National Park, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
oleicfrisbee 42 weeks ago 2.9 -
A bird perching
Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 20 September 2008 4 years ago 2.6 -
Skulking in chusquea bamboo
Locality Pululahua, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
David Weaver 1 year ago 2.3
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song of a single bird Locality Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
(ssp diadema)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 5 February 2010 3 years ago 4
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