Purplish-mantled Tanager

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Purplish-mantled Tanager
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Iridosornis
Species: I. porphyrocephalus
Binomial name
Iridosornis porphyrocephalus
(Sclater, 1856)

The Purplish-mantled Tanager (Iridosornis porphyrocephalus) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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