Black-and-gold Tanager - BirdForum Opus

Bangsia melanochlamys

Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
W Andes, Colombia, September 2010

Identification

16 cm

• Black and yellow central underparts (from breast to undertail)
• Blue lesser wing-coverts and uppertail-coverts

Distribution

Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Galapagos Road (W Andes), Colombia, August 2009

Central and Western Andes of Colombia

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Extremely wet cloud forest, Choco slope.

Behaviour

The diet includes fruit, seeds and insects from the undergrowth and canopy.

Vocalisation

Song: a rapid pit-psEEyee or tst-tzEEee followed by a pause.
Contact call: sharp, staccato tst or pit. Single birds sometimes uttter a longer pseee or pseeyee.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. BirdLife International

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-and-gold Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-and-gold_Tanager

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