Tacarcuna Chlorospingus - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Tacarcuna Bush Tanager

Chlorospingus tacarcunae

Distribution

North-western Colombia and eastern Panama. Range does not overlap any other Chlorospingus [3].

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species [1],[2] which in the past has been treated as a subspecies of Common Chlorospingus or of Yellow-throated Chlorospingus [3].

Habitat

Moist montanes, especially elfin forest.

Behaviour

Forages mostly in lower levels of vegetation.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
3. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
4. SACC baseline

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