Orange-throated tanager
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Wetmorethraupis Lowery & O'Neill, 1964 |
| Species: | W. sterrhopteron
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| Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron Lowery & O'Neill, 1964
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The orange-throated tanager (Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron) is a species of bird in the tanager family
only member of the genus Wetmorethraupis, named after the ornithologist Alexander Wetmore. It is closely related to members of the genus Bangsia
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Taxonomy
The orange-throated tanager was
Thraupidae.[2] The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek sterrhos meaning "stiff" or "hard" with pteron meaning feather.[3]
A
monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[5]
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- JSTOR 4082763.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- PMID 24583021.
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- Schulenberg, T., Stotz, D., Lane, D., O'Neill, J., & Parker III, T. (2007). Birds of Peru. Christopher Helm. ISBN 978-0-7136-8673-9