Tanagers (Thraupidae)
White-winged Shrike-tanager (Lanio versicolor) - HBW 16, p. 182
French: Tangara versicolore
German: Gelbstirn-Würgertangare
Spanish: Tangara Aliblanca
Taxonomy: T.[achyphonus] versicolor d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, Yuracares, Bolivia.
Despite close approach geographically by L. fulvus, which replaces this species N of R Amazon, the two are differentiated genetically by a remarkably large amount (7/0%). Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- versicolor (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - S of R Amazon in E Peru (S of R Marañón), W Brazil (E to R Tapajós) and N Bolivia.
- parvus Berlepsch, 1912 - EC Brazil S of Amazon (from R Tapajós E to lower R Tocantins, S to Mato Grosso) and extreme NE Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on hand.
Locality Padilla, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Joe Tobias 4 April 2005 28 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult male on hand.
Locality Padilla, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Joe Tobias 4 April 2005 28 weeks ago 3.4
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a male calling a flock together Locality Pousada Rio Azul, Pará State, Brazil
(ssp parvus)
Bradley Davis 7 October 2007 2 years ago 3
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