Masked tanager

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Masked tanager
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Stilpnia
Species:
S. nigrocincta
Binomial name
Stilpnia nigrocincta
(Bonaparte, 1838)
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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.

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<i>Stilpnia</i> Genus of birds

Stilpnia is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Tangara nigrocincta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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