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Reserva Las Gralarias, Ecuador, March 2011

Tangara ruficervix

[edit] Identification

• Mostly blue
• Black mask covering upper throat, crown and sides of head
• Rear crown/upper nape contrasting yellow to rufous depending on subspecies
• Feathers in wing and tail mostly black with blue edges
• Belly either yellow or white depending on subspecies

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia

[edit] Taxonomy

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Mindo, Ecuador

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• T. r. ruficervix :

• Andes of Colombia and Santa Marta Mountains

• T. r. taylori:

• South-eastern Colombia (east of the Andes) and eastern Ecuador

• T. r. leucotis:

• Subtropical western Ecuador

• T. r. amabilis:

• Subtropical northern Peru (south to Huánuco)

• T. r. inca:

• Subtropical southern Peru (north to Junín)

• T. r. fulvicervix:

• Yungas of north-western Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)

[edit] Habitat

Forest, edges, smaller clearings, second growth, mostly in humid areas from 900-2400m (mostly upper half of that range)

[edit] Behaviour

Often part of mixed flocks at mid level to canopy. Food includes berries and other plant matter and invertebrates.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156

• List of references

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