Glistening-green tanager

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Glistening-green tanager

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Chlorochrysa
Species:
C. phoenicotis
Binomial name
Chlorochrysa phoenicotis
(Bonaparte, 1851)

The glistening-green tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotis) is a species of

Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador
.

Its natural

montane forests
.

Males are almost entirely bright glistening emerald green, with small gray patches behind and below the eye with another on the shoulders. Females are slightly duller than males.[2]

References

  1. . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ridgely, Robert and Paul Greenfield. The Birds of Ecuador. Volume II: Field Guide. Cornell, 2001