Red-billed Pied Tanager

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iRed-billed Pied Tanager
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Lamprospiza
Cabanis, 1847
Species: L. melanoleuca
Binomial name
Lamprospiza melanoleuca
(Vieillot, 1817)

The Red-billed Pied Tanager Lamprospiza melanoleuca is a small passerine bird, one of the tanager family. It is the only member of the genus Lamprospiza.

The Red-billed Pied Tanager is 17 cm in length and weighs 34 g. It lives in the lowlands of Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. It occurs in groups of 3-6 individuals. It forages in mixed flocks for fruits in trees.

[edit] References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Lamprospiza melanoleuca. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 05 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern