Golden-collared honeycreeper

Golden-collared honeycreeper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Iridophanes
Ridgway, 1901
Species: I. pulcherrimus
Binomial name
Iridophanes pulcherrimus
(P.L. Sclater, 1853)
Synonyms

Tangara pulcherrima Chlorophanes pulcherrimus

The golden-collared honeycreeper (Iridophanes pulcherrimus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Iridophanes.

It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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