Yellow-green Tanager
Bangsia flavovirens
A rare and easily-overlooked bird restricted to wet foothill forest in the Andes of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Plumage is almost uniform yellow-olive with a slightly darker face; throat may appear slightly yellower, but never as bright as Yellow-throated Chlorospingus. Usually encountered in pairs or small groups at middle to upper forest levels, and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Bangsia flavovirens
- Authority
- (Lawrence, 1867)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Genus
- Bangsia
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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