Orange-throated Tanager
Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteronLowery, GH; O'Neill, JP, 1964
English (US) Orange-throated Tanager
The Orange-throated Tanager (Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron) 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: RÃo Marañón drainage in southeastern Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe) and northern Peru (northern Amazonas)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Orange-throated Tanager
- Described by
- Lowery, GH; O'Neill, JP, 1964
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Lowery, GH; O'Neill, JP, 1964
- Type locality
- Chavez Valdivia, near confluence of the Rio Comaina and the Rio Cenepa, lat. 4° 26' S., long. 78° 11' W., Depto. Amazonas, Peru.
- Original description
- The Auk 81, no.2 p.126
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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