Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Yellow-backed Tanager (Hemithraupis flavicollis) - HBW 16, p. 258
French: Tangara à dos jaune
German: Gelbbürzeltangare
Spanish: Tangara Gorjigualda
Taxonomy: Nemosia flavicollis Vieillot, 1818, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Molecular data indicate that this genus and Chrysothlypis are closely related and probably sister-taxa, and that Heterospingus also is closely related to them. Some races of present species only weakly defined and possibly not worthy of retention, e.g. insignis perhaps not distinct from melanoxantha; thorough review required. Eleven subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ornata Nelson, 1912 - Pacific slope from extreme E Panama (E Darién) S to N Chocó, in Colombia.
- albigularis (P. L. Sclater, 1855) - N Colombia from R Sinú E to middle Magdalena Valley in Antioquia and Santander.
- peruana Bonaparte, 1851 - E of Andes in Colombia (from Meta) S through E Ecuador to Peru N of R Marañón and R Amazon (Amazonas and Loreto).
- ornata Nelson, 1912 - Pacific slope from extreme E Panama (E Darién) S to N Chocó, in Colombia.
- albigularis (P. L. Sclater, 1855) - N Colombia from R Sinú E to middle Magdalena Valley in Antioquia and Santander.
- peruana Bonaparte, 1851 - E of Andes in Colombia (from Meta) S through E Ecuador to Peru N of R Marañón and R Amazon (Amazonas and Loreto).
- aurigularis Cherrie, 1916 - SE Colombia, S Venezuela (S of R Orinoco), and N Brazil (in upper R Uaupés and R Negro).
- hellmayri Berlepsch, 1912 - SE Venezuela (E Bolívar) and W Guyana (Merumé Mts).
- flavicollis (Vieillot, 1818) - Suriname, French Guiana and NE Brazil (N of R Amazon).
- obidensis Parkes & Humphrey, 1963 - N bank of lower R Amazon in Brazil.
- sororia J. T. Zimmer, 1947 - N & E Peru S of R Marañón.
- centralis (Hellmayr, 1907) - SE Peru, N & C Bolivia and SC Brazil (E to N Mato Grosso).
- melanoxantha (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823) - coastal E Brazil (Pernambuco and Bahia).
- insignis (P. L. Sclater, 1856) - SE Brazil (Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving on a branch while a Ferruginous Antbird is calling in background Locality Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp insignis)
Keith Blomerley 15 September 2005 4 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
A female foraging in a tree and flying away Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp centralis)
Josep del Hoyo 9 July 2007 4 years ago 14 sec 3.8 -
A female in a tree collecting and carrying nesting material Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp centralis)
Josep del Hoyo 9 July 2007 4 years ago 34 sec 3.8 -
A bird moving from branche to branche. Locality Murici Reserve, Alagoas State, Brazil
Yoel Jimenez 28 November 2006 2 years ago 24 sec 3.2 -
A slow motion view of a male in a tree and flying away Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp centralis)
Josep del Hoyo 9 July 2007 4 years ago 20 sec 2.7
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An adult male in the canopy at 35 m high.
Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 7 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult male of Yellow-backed Tanager (Hemithraupis flavicollis)
Locality Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
danielvirtualxi 18 February 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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