Family Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Least Concern
Yellow-bellied Tanager (Tangara xanthogastra)
Taxonomy
French: Calliste à ventre jaune German: Gelbbauchtangare Spanish: Tangara ventriamarilla
Taxonomy:
Calliste xanthogastra
P. L. Sclater
, 1851,Río Negro, Peru
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Subspecies and Distribution
T. x. xanthogastra
(P. L. Sclater, 1851) – E Colombia (from Meta and Vaupés) E to S Venezuela (S Amazonas and SW Bolívar), S to E Ecuador, E Peru, W Brazil (E to R Negro, middle R Juruá and upper R Purus), and N Bolivia (S to Cochabamba).
T. x. phelpsi
J. T. Zimmer, 1943 – S Venezuela in N Amazonas and N & E Bolívar (from lower R Caura E to Uei-tepui, on Brazilian border); also adjacent W Guyana.
Descriptive notes
11 cm; 13–18 g. Small, green, heavily spotted tanager with bright yellow along central abdomen; bill rather thin. Nominate race has lores black, ocular ring bright green,... read more
Voice
Weak “chit” and “seet” notes, much like those of many congeners. Song a series of descending, buzzy... read more
Habitat
Primarily occurs in high canopy and emergent trees of humid várzea and terra firme... read more
Food and feeding
Diet includes small fruits and insects. Recorded fruits are Miconia species and other melastome berries, Cecropia catkins... read more
Breeding
No information.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Uncommon, and at rather low density across lowlands; race phelpsi perhaps locally more numerous in tepui highlands. Occurs in numerous... read more
See T. varia. Highland race phelpsi differs in numerous ways from nominate, and was mentioned in HBW as possibly meriting separate species status; but diagnostic characters (slightly longer wing and tail, heavier bill, more yellowish-green head, duller flanks, and more yellow on underparts) all appear minor. Two subspecies recognized.