About the Orange-throated Tanager
The orange-throated tanager is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae that is found very locally in humid forests around the Ecuador-Peru border. As a species it is considered threatened. The orange-throated tanager is the 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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What the Orange-throated Tanager sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in January · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Bolivian Warbling FinchPoospiza bolivianaThe Bolivian warbling finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Little Inca FinchIncaspiza watkinsiThe little Inca finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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