Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cajamarca, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Gachala, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cajamarca, Peru
Status: The Golden-crowned Tanager is uncommon in montane scrub and elfin forests of the east slope of the Andes in extreme northern Peru, on the north and west side of the Marañon Valley. It generally ranges at elevations between 2400-3000 m. The Golden-crowned Tanager also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Tangara de Corona Dorada.
Sub-species: Golden-crowned Tanager (Iridosornis rufivertex rufivertex) (Lafresnaye), 1842.
Meaning of Name: Iridosornis: Gr. iris, iridos= rainbow and ornis, ornithos= bird.
rufivertex: L. rufus= rufous and vertex, verticis= crown of the head.

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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.