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Black-backed Bush Tanager

Urothraupis stolzmanni

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernOmnivoreForestSmall · 23 g
Black-backed Bush Tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni), photo 1
Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Black-backed Bush Tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni), photo 2
Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Black-backed Bush Tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni), photo 3
Photo: RJ Baltierra · CC BY 4.0
Black-backed Bush Tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni), photo 4
Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0
Black-backed Bush Tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni), photo 5
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Black-backed Bush Tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni), photo 6
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Black-backed Bush Tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni), photo 7
Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Black-backed Bush Tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni), photo 8
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Black-backed Bush Tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni), photo 9
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Black-backed Bush Tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni), photo 10
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

What the Black-backed Bush Tanager sounds like

Sonogram of the Black-backed Bush Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, contact call · Morona-Santiago: Quebrada Galgalán, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Black-backed Bush Tanager

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-backed Bush Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Colombia

About the Black-backed Bush Tanager

The black-backed bush tanager, also known as the black-backed bush-finch, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is the only member in the genus Urothraupis. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Blue-whiskered Tanager (Tangara johannae) Blue-whiskered TanagerTangara johannaeThe blue-whiskered tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Buffy-fronted Seedeater (Sporophila frontalis) Buffy-fronted SeedeaterSporophila frontalisThe buffy-fronted seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Giant Conebill (Conirostrum binghami) Giant ConebillConirostrum binghamiThe giant conebill is a small passerine bird, one of the tanager family.

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