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Chestnut-bellied Mountain Tanager - BirdForum Opus

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Photo © by Stanley Jones
Bosque Unchog, above Cochabamba, Huánuco, Peru, August 2017
Dubusia castaneoventris

Identification

15 cm (6 in)

  • Dull blue upperparts
  • Reddish underparts
  • Sky-blue crown with pale feather edges

Distribution

South America: found on the eastern slope of Andes in Peru (from La Libertad) and Bolivia to Santa Cruz.

Taxonomy

Formerly included in the genus Delothraupis.

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species[1].
Subspecies peruviana is now considered a junior synonym and is deleted.

Habitat

Thick humid and wet montane forests, elfin woodland and thickets.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects and berries.

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/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Oct 2017)

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