Ochre-breasted tanager facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Ochre-breasted tanager |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cardinalidae |
| Genus: | Chlorothraupis |
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C. stolzmanni
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| Chlorothraupis stolzmanni (Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884)
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The ochre-breasted tanager (scientific name: Chlorothraupis stolzmanni) is a type of bird belonging to the Cardinalidae family. You can find this colorful bird in Colombia and Ecuador. It loves to live in warm, wet forests, especially those in lowlands or on mountains. This bird is quite common, and its numbers are steady. Because of this, the International Union for Conservation of Nature says it's a "least concern" animal, meaning it's not currently at risk of disappearing.
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About the Ochre-breasted Tanager
The ochre-breasted tanager grows to be about 18 centimeters (7 inches) long. Both male and female birds look very similar. Their upper bodies are a dull olive-green color. Birds living in Colombia might have a slightly grey shade on their heads. Their eyes are a pale bluish-grey.
Their underparts are a yellowish-brown color, like the color of ochre. Some parts, like their sides and chest, might have a bit of olive green. Their throat is usually the lightest part of their body.
How to Tell Them Apart
This tanager looks a bit like two other birds: the lemon-spectacled tanager and the olive tanager. However, these three birds live in different areas, so you usually won't find them in the same place.
- The lemon-spectacled tanager lives in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.
- The ochre-breasted tanager lives at higher elevations.
- The olive tanager lives further south in the Andes mountains of southern Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia.
You can also tell the ochre-breasted tanager apart from the lemon-spectacled tanager because it has brownish underparts and doesn't have a yellow ring around its eye.
Where They Live: Distribution and Habitat
This bird is native to South America. Its home stretches along the western slopes of the Andes mountains. This area goes from the Chocó Department in Colombia all the way south to the El Oro Province in Ecuador.
They usually live at heights between 400 and 1,500 meters (about 1,300 to 4,900 feet) above sea level. They are quite common in moist forests within this range. They prefer higher places than their close relative, the lemon-spectacled tanager.
What They Eat and How They Live
The ochre-breasted tanager mainly eats fruit, flowers, and insects. They are social birds and often form small groups of up to a dozen or so. These groups move through the lower parts of the forest, making loud chattering noises as they go. Sometimes, they even join up with other bird species to form mixed flocks.
In the early morning, you might hear one or more of these birds singing. They perch in easy-to-see spots and make loud, harsh sounds. Often, several birds will sing together, creating a noisy chorus!
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