Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco
Status: The Golden-collared Tanager is uncommon in humid montane forests and scrub on the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 2900-3700 m. It also occurs in Bo.
Name in Spanish: Tangara de Collar Dorado.
Sub-species: Golden-collared Tanager (Iridosornis jelskii jelskii), (Cabanis), 1873. E slope of Peruvian Andes from E La Libertad and San Martín S to Junín.
(Iridosornis jelskii bolivianus) Berlepsch, 1912. E slope of Andes from S Peru (Cuzco) S to Bolivia (La Paz).
Meaning of Name: Iridosornis: Gr. iris, iridos= rainbow and ornis, ornithos= bird.
jelskii: In honor of Konstanty Roman Jelski (1838-1896) Polish zoologist, explorer, Curator of Lima Mus. 1874-1878.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.