Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Scarlet-browed Tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius) - HBW 16, p. 257
French: Tangara à sourcils roux
German: Brauenschopftangare
Spanish: Tangara Cejirroja
Taxonomy: Tachyphonus xanthopygius P. L. Sclater, 1855, “Bogotá”.
Molecular data indicate genus is closest to Hemithraupis and Chrysothlypis. May form superspecies with H. rubrifrons; often considered conspecific, but differs in morphology and plumage. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- xanthopygius (P. L. Sclater, 1855) - E Panama (E Darién, including Tuira valley, Cerro Pirre, Cerro Sapo, Jaqué valley, and Serranía de Jungurudó) and E through N Colombia (along N base of W & C Andes, and S in Magdalena Valley to Antioquia).
- berliozi Wetmore, 1966 - Pacific coast of Colombia (from N Chocó) S to WC Ecuador (Pichincha and Chimborazo).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 2 years ago 31 sec 3.6 -
A male Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 2 years ago 23 sec 3.5 -
A female Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 2 years ago 29 sec 3.3 -
2 shots of a male Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 2 years ago 15 sec 3 -
A bird on top of a tree and flying away Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp berliozi)
Josep del Hoyo 7 September 2007 3 years ago 30 sec 3 -
A bird on top of a cecropia and flying away Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp berliozi)
Josep del Hoyo 7 September 2007 3 years ago 18 sec 2.2
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adult male perched
Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Michael Retter 1 September 2007 2 years ago 3.6
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Call notes given by a bird in a clearing. Locality Tundaloma Lodge, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 17 April 2008 2 years ago 3
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