Spotted Tanager - BirdForum Opus

Adult (breeding)
Photo by Valéry Schollaert
Near Manaus, Brasil. It was part of a bird party in a garden, near primary forest, in a black water area.

Ixothraupis punctata

Tangara punctata

Identification

Upperparts are mainly bright green with black spots. The face and throat have a blue-grey tinge while underparts are white with large black spots and the flanks are yellow-green with black spots.

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Taxonomy

This species has been placed in genus Tangara in the past.

Subspecies

Five subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• I. p. punctata

• Tropical southern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Amazonian Brazil

• I. p. zamorae

• Tropical eastern Ecuador and northern Peru

• I. p. perenensis

• Tropical and subtropical e Peru (Chanchamayo region)

• I. p. annectens

• Subtropical southeast *I. p. (Río Inambari region)

• I. p. punctulata

• Yungas of norhtern Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and montanes.

Behaviour

The diet includes insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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