Yellow-throated Bush Tanager - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Yellow-throated Chlorospingus

Photo by Stanley Jones
Rio Silanche Sanctuary, Ecuador, December 2007

Chlorospingus flavigularis

Identification

13 cm (5 in)

• Grey face
• Dull yellow throat
• Grey underparts
  

Sexes similar

Distribution

Central and South America
Cental America: found only in Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• C. f. hypophaeus:

• Montane forests of western Panama (Volcán Chiriquí to Veraguas)

• C. f. marginatus:

• West slope of Western Andes of south-western Colombia and western Ecuador

• C. f. flavigularis:

• Andes of central Colombia to eastern Ecuador and eeastern Peru (Cuzco)

Habitat

Humid to wet mossy forests, forest edges and secondary growth.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of berries, fruit and some insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Yellow-throated Bush Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Yellow-throated_Bush_Tanager

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