Black-and-white Tanager - BirdForum Opus

Conothraupis speculigera

Identification

Male has black on head and upper back, wings, upper breast, and tail, grey on flanks and rump, and white on lower breast to undertail coverts. Eye is red. Female is mostly greenish.

Distribution

Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

Scrub, woodland and forest borders at elevation of 100-1800 m.

Behaviour

The diet includes insects and seeds.

The nest is an open and rather untidy and loosely-woven cup built from sticks and leaf petioles. 2-3 pale blue with heavy, quite evenly-distributed brown blotching eggs are laid.

References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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