Rust-and-yellow Tanager (Thlypopsis ruficeps)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Aguas Calientes, Cuzco

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Age: Juvenile | Sex: Unknown | Loc. East slope of Puno

Identification & Behavior: ~13 cm (5.1 in). The Rust-and-Yellow Tanager is yellow-olive above with a rufous head and yellow throat. The rest of the underparts are also yellow. The juvenile is yellow-olive above and yellow below. It forages in shrubbery and the edges of humid montane forests.  It is similar to the Orange-headed Tanager but ranges at higher elevations. There is not known overlap between these two tanagers.

Status: The Rust-and-Yellow Tanager is common in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1500-3700 m. It also occurs in Bo.

Name in Spanish: Tangara Rufa y Amarilla.

Sub-species: Rust-and-yellow Tanager (Thlypopsis ruficeps), (d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye), 1837.

Meaning of Name: Thlypopsis: Gr. Thlupis= unknown small bird, perhaps a finch or a warbler, and opsis= appearance. ruficeps: L. rufus= red, ruddy and ceps= headed.

See more of the Family Thraupidae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • 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.