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Ochre-breasted Tanager

Chlorothraupis stolzmanni

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestSmall · 39 g
Ochre-breasted Tanager (Chlorothraupis stolzmanni), photo 1
Photo: (c) Santiago Ron, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Santiago Ron · cc-by

What the Ochre-breasted Tanager sounds like

Sonogram of the Ochre-breasted Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Ochre-breasted Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Dawn song · El Oro: Reserva Buenaventura 9 km WNW Piñas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Ochre-breasted Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Dawn song · Esmeraldas: 7 km WNW Lita, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The ochre-breasted tanager grows to a length of about 18 cm (7 in). The sexes are similar in appearance, the upper parts being drab olive-green. Birds in Colombia show a slight grey shading on the head. The iris of the eye is pale bluish-grey. The underparts are ochraceous buff, with some olive shading on the flanks and breast, the throat being the palest region.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Ochre-breasted Tanager

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

Where to see the Ochre-breasted 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 Ochre-breasted Tanager

The ochre-breasted tanager is a species of bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. As a fairly common species with a stable population, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated this bird as being of "least concern".

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

Easily confused with

Yellow-lored Tanager (Chlorothraupis frenata) Yellow-lored TanagerChlorothraupis frenataThe yellow-lored tanager is about 17 cm (6.7 in) in overall length. Lemon-spectacled Tanager (Chlorothraupis olivacea) Lemon-spectacled TanagerChlorothraupis olivaceaThe adult lemon-spectacled tanager is about 17 cm (6.7 in) in length. Carmiol's Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli) Carmiol's TanagerChlorothraupis carmioliThe adult Carmiol's tanager is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and is an evenly coloured, robust bird.

Side by side: Carmiol's Tanager vs Ochre-breasted Tanager

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