White-capped Tanager

Identificazione

The white-capped tanager (Sericossypha albocristata) is a Vulnerable species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found from Venezuela to Peru.

Tassonomia

The white-capped tanager was formally described in 1843 by the French ornithologist Frédéric de Lafresnaye under the Latin name Tanagra (Lamprotes) albo-cristatus. The species is now the only species placed in the genus Sericossypha that was introduced in 1844 by René Lesson. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek sērikos meaning "silken" with kossuphos meaning "blackbird". The specific epithet albocristata is formed from the Latin albus meaning "white" with cristatus meaning "crested" or "plumed". The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.

Nome scientifico

Sericossypha albocristata

Autorità

(Lafresnaye, 1843)

Ordine

Passeriformi

Famiglia

Thraupidae

Genere

Sericossypha

Areale e habitat

The white-capped tanager has a disjunct distribution . It is found intermittently on the eastern slope of the Andes from extreme southern Táchira in western Venezuela south along Colombia's Eastern Andes and eastern Ecuador into Peru as far as Junín Department . [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 7 ] It also is found in Colombia in the upper Magdalena River valley and on both slopes of the Central Andes . [ 7 ] [ 9 ] The white-capped tanager inhabits the interior of humid montane forest heavy with mosses. It is found less frequently on the forest edges and secondary forest . [ 7 ] In elevation it ranges between 1,800 and 3,000 m (5,900 and 9,800 ft) in Venezuela, between 2,000 and 3,300 m (6,600 and 10,800 ft) in Colombia, mostly between 1,900 and 2,700 m (6,200 and 8,900 ft) in Ecuador, and between 1,700 and 2,800 m (5,600 and 9,200 ft) in Peru. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 11 ] [ 10 ]

Migrazione

Specie stanziale

Comportamento

Comportamento migratorio: Specie stanziale.

Conservazione

Tendenza della popolazione: in diminuzione.

Tendenza della popolazione

in diminuzione