Black-goggled Tanager

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Black-goggled Tanager

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Trichothraupis
Cabanis, 1850
Species: T. melanops
Binomial name
Trichothraupis melanops

Trichothraupis is a monotypic genus of bird, containing only the Black-goggled Tanager (Trichothraupis melanops).

Its distinctive black forehead and ocular area give it a "goggled" effect. It is found in tropical forests in eastern Peru to Bolivia, and in southern Brazil.

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