Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Male & Female | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil
Status: The Yellow-backed Tanager is uncommon and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 750 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Tangara de Dorso Amarillo.
Sub-species: Yellow-backed Tanager (Hemithraupis flavicollis peruana), Bonaparte, 1851. E of Andes in Colombia (from Meta) S through E Ecuador to Peru N of R Marañón and R Amazon (Amazonas and Loreto).
(Hemithraupis flavicollis sororia), J. T. Zimmer, 1947. N & E Peru S of R Marañón.
(Hemithraupis flavicollis centralis), (Hellmayr), 1907. SE Peru, N & C Bolivia and SC Brazil (E to N Mato Grosso).
Meaning of Name: Hemithraupis: Gr. Hemi, hemisus = half, small and thraupis= unknown small bird, perhaps some sort of finch. flavicollis: L. flavus= golden-yellow and collis, collum= necked, throated.

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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.