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Orange-throated Tanager

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Photo by megan perkins
Nuevo Salem, N Peru, November 2011

Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Ecuador and Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

[edit] Habitat

Forest and edge over dry ground at tropical elevations.

[edit] Behaviour

Mostly in canopy, often probing moss etc. on main branches. Eats invertabrates and fruit.

[edit] References

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