Orange-throated tanager
| Orange-throated tanager | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Wetmorethraupis Lowery & O'Neill, 1964 |
| Species: | W. sterrhopteron |
| Binomial name | |
| Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron Lowery & O'Neill, 1964 | |
The orange-throated tanager (Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron) is a threatened species of bird found very locally in humid forests around the Ecuador-Peru border. It is the only member of the genus Wetmorethraupis, named after the ornithologist Alexander Wetmore. It is closely related to another genus of tanagers, Bangsia.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Schulenberg, T., Stotz, D., Lane, D., O'Neill, J., & Parker III, T. (2007). Birds of Peru. Christopher Helm. ISBN 978-0-7136-8673-9
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