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Orange throated tanager

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Thraupidae

Higher classification
  
Wetthraupis

Order
  
Passerine

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Genus
  
Wetmorethraupis Lowery & O'Neill, 1964

Scientific name
  
Wetthraupis sterrhopteron

Similar
  
Slaty‑backed hemispingus, Grey‑capped hemispingus, Huallaga tanager, Rufous‑crested tanager, Black‑headed hemispingus

Marvelous spatuletail and orange throated tanager


The orange-throated tanager (Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron) is a threatened species of bird found very locally in humid forests around the Ecuador-Peru border. It is the only member of the genus Wetmorethraupis, named after the ornithologist Alexander Wetmore. It is closely related to another genus of tanagers, Bangsia.

References

Orange-throated tanager Wikipedia