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Opal-crowned Tanager (Tangara callophrys)

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Opal-crowned tanager
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Tangara
Species:
T. callophrys
Binomial name
Tangara callophrys
(Cabanis, 1849) [2]
Synonyms

The opal-crowned tanager (Tangara callophrys) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers. It is one of 49 species in the genus Tangara. It is found in the eastern Andes drainages to the western Amazon Basin in southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and Peru and a region of northwestern Bolivia; for Brazil in southwestern-western Amazonas state and Acre.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Distribution

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The opal-crowned tanager is found in one contiguous range centered on Amazonian eastern Peru-Ecuador, southeastern Colombia, and the very west of Amazonas state, Brazil; all of Acre state is included in the south with southern Peru, and a border region of extreme northwestern Bolivia.

A small disjunct population exists 100 km west in southern Colombia.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tangara callophrys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22722958A94795452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22722958A94795452.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cabanis, 1849. H[ypothlypis] callophrys (protonym). Reisen Brit.-Guiana [Schomburgk], 3, p. 668, note. BHL
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