Alternative names: Pirre Bush Tanager; Mount Pirre Bush Tanager, Mount Pirrie Bush Tanager
- Chlorospingus inornatus
Identification
15cm. The only Bush Tanager in its small range.
- Dark grey crown and side of head to below eye
- Olive-green upperparts contrasting with grey on head
- Dusky flight-feathers, outer feathers edged dark green, mostly olive tertials
- Dull yellowish-white throat, becoming darker olive-yellow on breast, sides and flanks
- Clear yellow centre of lower breast, belly and undertail-coverts
- Whitish to pale orange-yellow eye
- Black bill
Sexes similar, juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
Found in extreme eastern Darien (eastern Panama) and in northwest Choco (northwestern Colombia).
A restricted-range species, common in its small range.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Forms a species group with Common Chlorospingus and Tacarcuna Chlorospingus.
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical moist montanes. Often in woodland with vine tangles and bamboo.
Occurs up to 1700m in Panama, recorded at 780 - 1560m in Colombia.
Behaviour
Often seen in groups of 3 to 6 birds, also in mixed-species flocks.
Diet
Feeds on fruits and small arthropods.
Forages in middle to upper levels of trees and bushes, often in canopy of montane forest.
Breeding
No information.
Movements
No information. Probably a resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2011. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553781
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Pirre Chlorospingus. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 December 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pirre_Chlorospingus
External Links
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