Hooded mountain tanager
| Hooded mountain tanager | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Buthraupis |
| Species: | B. montana |
| Binomial name | |
| Buthraupis montana (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | |
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| Hooded mountain tanager range map | |
The hooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. This yellow, blue and black tanager is found in forest, woodland and shrub in the Andean highlands of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. At 23 centimetres (9.1 in) and 85 grams (3.0 oz), it is one of the largest tanagers (second in weight only to the white-capped tanager).
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Buthraupis montana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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