Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Rufous-chested Tanager (Thlypopsis ornata) - HBW 16, p. 171
French: Tangara à flancs roux
German: Zimtbrusttangare
Spanish: Tangara Pechicanela
Other common names: Fulvous-chested Tanager
Taxonomy: Nemosia ornata P. L. Sclater, 1859, Pallatanga, Ecuador.
May form a superspecies with T. pectoralis, and the two have been considered conspecific. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ornata (P. L. Sclater, 1859) - W slope of C Andes in Colombia (from Puracé, in Cauca) S locally in Ecuador (both slopes, and locally on slopes above C valley).
- media J. T. Zimmer, 1930 - E slope of Andes in extreme S Ecuador (Morona-Santiago and Zamora-Chinchipe; also specimen from E Carachi) and Peru (S on W slope to Lima; locally E slope from Cajamarca S to Marañón Valley).
- macropteryx Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 - E slope of Andes in Peru (Junín; isolated records S to Cuzco).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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one bird perched high and open in a bush Locality Santa Eulalia Valley, Lima Department, Peru
Wim ten Have 30 April 2011 11 weeks ago 22 sec 4.4 -
A immature bird forages through a tree. Locality Comas, Junín Department, Peru (ssp macropteryx)
Yoel Jimenez 8 November 2012 12 weeks ago 37 sec 3.9 -
First an immature bird eating an caterpillar, later a adult bird foraging though a bush. Locality Satipo Road, Junín Department, Peru (ssp macropteryx))
Yoel Jimenez 10 November 2012 12 weeks ago 27 sec 3.6 -
bird foraging Locality Abra Patricia, San Martín Department, Peru (ssp media)
Daniêl Jimenez 28 November 2012 4 weeks ago 35 sec 3.6
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A bird perched up.
Locality Leimebamba, Amazonas Department, Peru (ssp T.o.media)
neil osborne 3 January 2012 11 weeks ago 3 -
Perched on a branch
Locality Pululahua, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp ornata)
David Weaver 2 years ago 2.4
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