Rufous-chested tanager

Rufous-chested tanager
Rufous-chested tanager (above); and buff-bellied tanager (below); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1886
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Thlypopsis
Species: T. ornata
Binomial name
Thlypopsis ornata
(Sclater, 1859)

The rufous-chested tanager (Thlypopsis ornata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

Distribution and habitat

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

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