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[[Image:YellowBelliedTanagerSJ.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Ssp. ''xanthogastra''<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />North of Tarapoto, San Martín, [[Peru]], December 2016]]
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[[Image:Yellow-belliedTanager.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Ssp. ''phelpsi''<br />Photo by {{user|Luis+R|Luis R}}<br />Sierra de Lema, Estado Bolivar, [[Venezuela]], August 2009]]
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[[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] and [[Brazil]]
 
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There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
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Revision as of 01:11, 12 April 2017

Ssp. xanthogastra
Photo by Stanley Jones
North of Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru, December 2016
Tangara xanthogastra

Identification

11- 12,7 cm

  • Emerald green
  • Yellow belly
  • Body flecked black

Sexes similar

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

Taxonomy

Ssp. phelpsi
Photo by Luis R
Sierra de Lema, Estado Bolivar, Venezuela, August 2009

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • T, x. xanthogastra:
  • T, x. phelpsi: slightly larger and has yellow on breast

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and montanes.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes fruit, insects and nectar.

Breeding

The 2 creamy white eggs have brown specks. They are incubated for approximately 14 days; the young fledge between 14-18 days later.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. The Foreign Softbill Society UK
  4. Wikipedia

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