Moss-backed Tanager
Bangsia edwardsi(Elliot, DG, 1865)
English (US) Moss-backed Tanager
The Moss-backed Tanager (Bangsia edwardsi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Andean foothills of southwestern Colombia and northwestern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Bangsia edwardsi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Moss-backed Tanager
- Described by
- (Elliot, DG, 1865)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Buthraupis edwardsi
- Described by
- (Elliot, DG, 1865)
- Type locality
- Nouvelle-Grenade [= Colombia] .
- Original description
- Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Bulletin 1, fasc.4 p.77 pl.4 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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