Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Red-billed Pied Tanager (Lamprospiza melanoleuca) - HBW 16, p. 160
French: Tangara noir et blanc
German: Rotschnabeltangare
Spanish: Tangara Piquirroja
Other common names: Red-billed/Pied Tanager
Taxonomy: Saltator melanoleucus Vieillot, 1817, French Guiana.
Recent genetic data indicate that this genus is probably not closely related to other thraupids, but no closely related family or sister-taxon has yet been identified; retained in present family pending further information. Monotypic.
Distribution: Lowlands of SE Peru (S Loreto S to Madre de Dios and N Puno) and N Bolivia (Beni) E across C & E Brazil (NW Mato Grosso, E Amazonas and Pará) to Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
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A female moving high in a tree Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 July 2007 4 years ago 38 sec 4.7 -
A male moving in a tree at slow motion (33 %) Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 July 2007 4 years ago 34 sec 4.5 -
A male foraging in the canopy. Locality Brownsberg National Park, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 27 May 2011 17 weeks ago 12 sec 3 -
A preening male in the canopy. Locality Brownsberg National Park, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 22 July 2011 7 weeks ago 40 sec 2.5
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An adult female in the canopy at 35 m high.
Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 8 weeks ago 3.8 -
Close-up of female taken from canopy tower
Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
mark sutton 15 February 2009 2 years ago 3.3
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Calls by one bird. Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2011 19 weeks ago 3.3 -
.. Locality Manu Wildlife Center, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Fabrice Schmitt 15 July 2008 1 year ago 2
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