Red-billed pied tanager
| Red-billed pied tanager | |
|---|---|
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| male | |
| 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, a member 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 Amazon Rainforest of Brazil, Bolivia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru and Suriname. It occurs in groups of 3-6 individuals. It forages in mixed flocks for fruits in trees.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Lamprospiza melanoleuca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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