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).
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Perched on a branch
Locality Pululahua, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp ornata)
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