Olive-green tanager

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Olive-green tanager

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mitrospingidae
Genus: Orthogonys
Strickland, 1844
Species:
O. chloricterus
Binomial name
Orthogonys chloricterus
(Vieillot, 1819)

The olive-green tanager (Orthogonys chloricterus) is a species of

endemic to Brazil.[2]

Taxonomy and systematics

The olive-green tanager and the three other species in family Mitrospingidæ were previously placed in family

International Ornithological Committee (IOC) followed suit in January 2018.[2]

The olive-green tanager is the only member of its genus and has no subspecies.[2]

Description

The olive-green tanager is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long. The adult is olive green above and dull yellow below; it has a tinge of olive on the sides and flanks.[6]

Distribution and habitat

The olive-green tanager is found only in southeastern Brazil, from

montane forest at elevations of 900 to 1,800 m (3,000 to 5,900 ft).[6]

Behavior

Feeding

The olive-green tanager's diet is primarily insects, though it also eats fruit. It typically forages in flocks of its own species that may number up to 20 individuals but more usually have about eight. It feeds in the mid- to upper levels of the forest, usually picking prey from leaves, and it also sallies for flying insects.[6]

Breeding

One olive-green tanager was noted carrying nest material to a

bromeliad in a large tree. No other information has been published about its breeding phenology.[6]

Vocalization

The olive-green tanager's song has been rendered as "tséé-si, si, si, tséé-si, si, si."[7] Its call is a buzzy "tseee" [8] and it also calls "wheek!" while foraging.[6][9]

Status

The

IUCN has assessed the olive-green tanager as being of Least Concern.[1] "Despite local population declines and fragmentation, its long-term viability should be assured if protection continues for the parks and reserves where it remains."[6]

References

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2018-08-09). "Olive-green Tanager Orthogonys chloricterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  2. ^ a b c Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (2022-02-01). "IOC World Bird List (v 12.1)". Archived from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  3. PMID 23229025
    . Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  4. S2CID 91015792
    .
  5. ^ Remsen, J. V. Jr.; Areta, Juan Ignacio; Bonaccorso, Elisa; Claramunt, Santiago; Jaramillo, Alvaro; Lane, Daniel F.; Pacheco, José Fernando; Robbins, Mark B.; Stiles, F. Gary; Zimmer, Kevin J. (2022-01-31). "A classification of the bird species of South America". Louisiana State University. American Ornithological Society. Archived from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  6. ^
    S2CID 216225042. Archived
    from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  7. ^ Gagliardi, Ricardo. "XC471138 · Olive-green Tanager · Orthogonys chloricterus". xeno-canto. Archived from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  8. ^ Fischer, Jerome. "XC340702 · Olive-green Tanager · Orthogonys chloricterus". xeno-canto. Archived from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  9. ^ Boesman, Peter. "XC227019 · Olive-green Tanager · Orthogonys chloricterus". xeno-canto. Archived from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
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