Saffron-crowned Tanager - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by juninho
Inca Pueblo, Machu Picchu, Peru, October 2005

Tangara xanthocephala

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• T. x. venusta:

• Andes of Colombia to western Venezuela and central Peru

• T. x. xanthocephala:

• Subtropical Andes of central Peru (Chanchamayo region)

• T. x. lamprotis:

• Andes of south-eastern Peru (Cuzco and Puno) to north-western Bolivia

Habitat

Agricultural land, montane gardens, disturbed secondary montane evergreen forest with ornamentals @ 2,040 m (6,693 ft) elevation. Humid Subtropical Life Zone.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Saffron-crowned Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Saffron-crowned_Tanager

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