Masked tanager

Species of bird

Masked tanager
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Stilpnia
Species:
S. nigrocincta
Binomial name
Stilpnia nigrocincta
(Bonaparte, 1838)

The masked tanager (Stilpnia nigrocincta) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Tangara nigrocincta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)

Further reading

  • Skutch, Alexander F. (1954). "Golden-masked tanager" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 31. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 200–212.
Taxon identifiers
Tangara nigrocincta


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