Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Santa Eulalia, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Santa Eulalia, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Santa Eulalia, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Santa Eulalia, Lima
Status: The Rufous-chested Tanager is uncommon in montane forests, and scrub on both slopes of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1600-3400 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Tangara de Pecho Rufo.
Sub-species: Rufous-chested Tanager (Thlypopsis ornata media) J. T. Zimmer, 1930. E slope of Andes in extreme S Ecuador (Morona-Santiago and Zamora-Chinchipe; also specimen from E Carachi) and Peru (S on W slope to Lima; locally E slope from Cajamarca S to Marañón Valley).
(T. o. macropteryx), Berlepsch and Stolzmann, 1896. E slope of Andes in Peru (Junín; isolated records S to Cuzco).
Meaning of Name: Thlypopsis: Gr. Thlupis= unknown small bird, perhaps a finch or a warbler, and opsis= appearance. ornata: L. ornatus, ornate=, adorned, decorated, splendid.

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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.