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[[Image:Black-backed_Grosbeak.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Fritz73|Felix Wilson}}<br />[[Calilegua National Park]], Jujuy, [[Argentina]] 1999]]
 
;[[:Category:Pheucticus|Pheucticus]] aureoventris
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
21-22cmBlack upperparts, speckled yellow belly, heavy black bill.
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21-22cm<br />
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*Black upperparts
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*Speckled yellow belly
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*Heavy black bill
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
W. [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], sw. [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]] and nw. [[Argentina]].
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[[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], western [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], central and  south-western [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], north-western [[Argentina]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
There are 5 subspecies.
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
 
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There are 5 subspecies:
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*''P. a. meridensis'' (Merida):
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:*Andes of western [[Venezuela]] (Mérida)
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*''P. a. crissalis'' (Yellow-throated):
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:*Andes of south-western [[Colombia]] (Nariño) and [[Ecuador]]<br />
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'''Yellow-rumped'''
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*''P. a. uropygialis''':
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:*Eastern and Central Andes of [[Colombia]]
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*''P. a. terminalis'':
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:*Andes of eastern [[Peru]] (Amazonas and Cuzco)
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Cloud Forest
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#BF Member observations
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Pheucticus+aureoventris}}  
 
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Pheucticus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Pheucticus]]

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Pheucticus aureoventris

Identification

21-22cm

  • Black upperparts
  • Speckled yellow belly
  • Heavy black bill

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, western Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, central and south-western Brazil, Paraguay, north-western Argentina

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There are 5 subspecies:

  • P. a. meridensis (Merida):
  • P. a. crissalis (Yellow-throated):

Yellow-rumped

  • P. a. uropygialis':
  • P. a. terminalis:
  • Andes of eastern Peru (Amazonas and Cuzco)

Habitat

Cloud Forest

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. BF Member observations

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