Straw-backed Tanager (Stilpnia argyrofenges) | Photos and ID

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When to see the Straw-backed Tanager

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Where to see the Straw-backed Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Bolivia Peru Ecuador

About the Straw-backed Tanager

The straw-backed tanager, also known as the green-throated tanager, is a species of bird in the tanager family. It is found in humid highland forests in the Andes of southernmost Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, but it is generally local and uncommon.

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Easily confused with

Green-capped TanagerStilpnia meyerdeschauenseeiThe green-capped tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Sira TanagerStilpnia phillipsiThe Sira tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Black-hooded TanagerStilpnia whitelyiThe black-hooded tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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