Black-and-gold Tanager - BirdForum Opus

Bangsia melanochlamys

Identification

16 cm

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

Distribution

Central and Western Andes of Colombia

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

Subtropical humid cloud-forest.

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. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. BirdLife International

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-and-gold Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-and-gold_Tanager

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