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Alternative names: Slaty-backed Tanager

Hemispingus goeringi

[edit] Identification

14cm. Has rather long and heavy legs and a small slender bill.

• Deep black crown, nape and side of head
• Long broad white supercilium
• Slaty upperparts
• Rich tawny-rufous underparts
• Tinged olive-brown flanks

Sexes similar. Juveniles undescribed.

[edit] Similar species

Differs from similar Piura Hemispingus by richer and brighter colours. Also much heavier legs.

[edit] Distribution

Found in the Andes of Merida and northern Tachira in western Venezuela.
An uncommon and easily overlooked restricted-range species.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Moist montanes, especially in dense shrubbery borders and stunted elfin forest. Often in or near bamboo.
Occurs at 2360 to 3200m.

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds on insects, takes possibly also some vegetable items.
Usually seen in pairs or singly. Forages alone or in mixed-species flocks. Forages on or near the ground ,usually under dense cover. Difficult to see.
No information on breeding.
Apparently a resident species.

[edit] References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2011. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553781

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