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[[Image:Masked Tanager Yakaum Ecuiador.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Zamora-Chinchipe Province, [[Ecuador]], November 2014]]
 
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''Tangara nigrocincta''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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12 cm
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*Lavender-blue head, neck and throat
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*Black [[Topography#Heads|lores]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Guyana]], [[Peru]], and [[Venezuela]].
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[[South America]]: found in south-eastern [[Colombia]] to southern [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], northern [[Bolivia]] and western [[Brazil]].
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==Taxonomy==
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[[Image:IMG 80782.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Jose+Ramon|Jose Ramon}} <br />Manu National Park, [[Peru]], October 2011]]
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
  
==Taxonomy==
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This species used to be placed in genus ''[[:Category:Tangara|Tangara]]''.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests
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Lightly wooded areas, humid forest edges, foothill lodge grounds. Observed at heights around 861m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of fruits and small berries. Supplemented with arthropods.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Tangara+nigrocincta}}
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{{GSearch|Tanager+nigrocincta}}
[[Category:Birds]]  [[Category:Tangara]] [[Category:Missing Images]][[category:incomplete]]
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[[Category:Birds]]  [[Category:Stilpnia]]

Latest revision as of 23:56, 18 August 2021

Photo by Stanley Jones
Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador, November 2014
Stilpnia nigrocincta

Tangara nigrocincta

Identification

12 cm

  • Lavender-blue head, neck and throat
  • Black lores

Distribution

South America: found in south-eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia and western Brazil.

Taxonomy

Female
Photo by Jose Ramon
Manu National Park, Peru, October 2011

This is a monotypic species[1].

This species used to be placed in genus Tangara.

Habitat

Lightly wooded areas, humid forest edges, foothill lodge grounds. Observed at heights around 861m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of fruits and small berries. Supplemented with arthropods.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
  4. BF Member observations

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