Orange-throated Tanager

What the Orange-throated Tanager sounds like

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 1-2 km W Shaimi, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: 1-2 km W Shaimi, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Nuevo Paraiso road 3 rd km SSE Nangaritza crossing, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Orange-throated Tanager

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Orange-throated Tanager

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

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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Easily confused with

Blue-backed TanagerCyanicterus cyanicterusThe blue-backed tanager is, on average, 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs 33–36 g (1.2–1.3 oz). 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.