Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Cerros del Sira
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Cerros del Sira
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Cerros del Sira
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Cerros del Sira
Status: Endemic. The Sira Tanager is fairly common but restricted to the Cerros del Sira range on the eastern Andes of Central Peru. It ranges at elevations between 1300-2200 m.
Name in Spanish: Tangara del Sira.
Sub-species: Sira Tanager (Stilpnia Phillipsi), Graves and Weske, 1987.
Meaning of Name: Stilpnia: Gr. Stilpnos= glistening, glittering. phillipsi: In honor of Dr. Allan Robert Phillips (1914-1996) US ornithologist, taxonomist, collector.
Formerly known as Tangara Phillipsi (2018).
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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.