Hooded mountain tanager / Blaurücken-Tangare (Buthraupis montana)

Wikipedia: Hooded mountain tanager Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Hooded_mountain_tanager_%28Buthraupis_montana_cucullata%29_Caldas.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Buthraupis (Buthraupis); Subfamily Thraupinae (Thraupinae); Family Tanagers (Thraupidae)
General: The hooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Buthraupis. This yellow, blue and black tanager is found in forest, woodland and shrub in the Andean highlands of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. At 23 centimetres (9.1 in) and 85 grams (3.0 oz), it is one of the largest tanagers (second in weight only to the white-capped tanager). [more]