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[[Image:Rufous-throated Tanager 270515-2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|jonlowes|jonlowes}}<br> Mirador Rio Blanco, Los Bancos, [[Ecuador]], May 2015]]
 
[[Image:Rufous-throated Tanager 270515-2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|jonlowes|jonlowes}}<br> Mirador Rio Blanco, Los Bancos, [[Ecuador]], May 2015]]
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''Tangara rufigula''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
12 cm (4¾ in)
 
12 cm (4¾ in)
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==Taxonomy==
 
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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This species has been placed in genus ''[[:Category:Tangara|Tangara]]'' in the past.
 
==Habitat==
 
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Humid and wet pre-montane forests and forest borders and clearings.
 
Humid and wet pre-montane forests and forest borders and clearings.
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Their diet consists of fruit and arthropods, such as flying termites, caterpillars and larvae.
 
Their diet consists of fruit and arthropods, such as flying termites, caterpillars and larvae.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2016)
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2016)
 
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==External Links==
 
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Revision as of 00:06, 21 August 2021

Photo by jonlowes
Mirador Rio Blanco, Los Bancos, Ecuador, May 2015
Ixothraupis rufigula

Tangara rufigula

Identification

12 cm (4¾ in)

  • Black head
  • Spotted underparts

Distribution

South America: found in the Andes of western Colombia and western Ecuador (south to El Oro).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

This species has been placed in genus Tangara in the past.

Habitat

Humid and wet pre-montane forests and forest borders and clearings.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of fruit and arthropods, such as flying termites, caterpillars and larvae.

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. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2016)

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