Black-backed Bush Tanager

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.

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What the Black-backed Bush Tanager sounds like

Where the Black-backed Bush Tanager lives

When to see the Black-backed Bush Tanager

Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Blue-whiskered TanagerTangara johannaeThe blue-whiskered tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Buffy-fronted SeedeaterSporophila frontalisThe buffy-fronted seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Giant ConebillConirostrum binghamiThe giant conebill is a small passerine bird, one of the tanager family.