Golden-chested Tanager (Bangsia rothschildi) | Photos, Calls and ID

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ForestDomed nestSmall · 41 g

Golden-chested Tanager (Bangsia rothschildi), photo 2 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Golden-chested Tanager (Bangsia rothschildi), photo 3 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Golden-chested Tanager (Bangsia rothschildi), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Norma Malinowski, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden-chested Tanager (Bangsia rothschildi), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Golden-chested Tanager sounds like

Sonogram of the Golden-chested Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Esmeraldas: Canandé ridge trail, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The golden-chested tanager is an attractive glossy dark navy-blue to black tinged blue-violet bird, featuring bright golden-yellow patches on the chest, the lower-belly to the crissum, and on the underwing coverts, which contrasts with the blackish flight-feathers. It is a chunky medium-sized bird with a large head, a robust short mandible, and a relatively short tail.

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When to see the Golden-chested Tanager

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Golden-chested Tanager

Regular range

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

Colombia Ecuador

About the Golden-chested Tanager

The golden-chested tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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Easily confused with

Yellow-green TanagerBangsia flavovirensThe yellow-green tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

Blue-and-gold TanagerBangsia arcaeiThe blue-and-gold tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

Gold-ringed TanagerBangsia aureocinctaLike the other Bangsia tanagers, the gold-ringed tanager is a plump bird with a relatively short tail.

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