The lemon-rumped tanager (''Ramphocelus icteronotus'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family
Thraupidae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the
flame-rumped tanager. It is found from
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
to
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
. Its natural
habitat
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s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forest
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s and heavily degraded former forest.
Gallery
File:Lemon-rumped tanager.jpg, Lemon-rumped tanager, Pajaro Jumbo Reserve, Ecuador
File:Flame-rumped Tanager (f) JCB.jpg, Female in northwestern Ecuador
Lemon-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) female Las Tanagaras.jpg, ringed female, possibly a hybrid, Colombia
Lemon-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) female Las Tanagaras 2.jpg, female, possibly a hybrid, Colombia
References
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