Rose breast Tangarenammer
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| Rhodinocichlidae | ||||||||||||
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| Rhodinocichla rosea | ||||||||||||
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The Rose breast Tangarenammer ( Rhodinocichla rosea ), formerly referred to as Rosenbrusttangare is a bird art from the present monotypic genus Rhodinocichla . It was previously assigned to the Tangaren (Thraupidae) and was classified as a species with uncertain relationship until 2015. A more recent molecular biological study suggests a relationship with the spur and snow bunting. The IOU therefore currently (2018) lists the species in its own family Rhodinocichlidae .
features
The rose breast Tangarenammer is approx. 20 cm long. The male is a showy bird with a long stripe above the eye, a pink forehead and white back of the head. The top of the body is dark, brown-black, the sides dark gray and the underside of the body magenta, as well as the wing edge. The female is generally similar to the male, but the striking pink-magenta has been replaced by a dark ocher color. The beak is long and slightly curved, like the mockingbirds .
distribution and habitat
The Rose Breast Tangarenammer lives in subtropical and tropical dry forests and humid coastal forests, as well as severely damaged former forests in Colombia , Costa Rica , Mexico , Panama and Venezuela . It occurs most frequently at altitudes between 500 and 1500 m above sea level .
Way of life
The rose breast Tangarenammer usually lives singly or in pairs. She scurries through the low undergrowth and along the ground, where she rifles through leaves and litter with her beak. She is a shy and hard-to-watch bird, but willingly responds to vocal recordings. The singing is a long series of clear tones and sometimes sounds in a duet when two birds take turns. It feeds on a mixture of animal and vegetable food. According to various reports, incubation takes place in July in Mexico and between January and September in Costa Rica.
status
The rose breast tangar bunting is widespread and is estimated by Partners in Flight to have a total population of around 50,000 specimens. However, the population appears to be stable and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has classified its status as “ least concern ”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ ITIS Report : Rhodinocichla
- ↑ FK Barker, KJ Burns, J. Klicka, SM Lanyon and IJ Lovette: New insights into New World biogeography: An integrated view from the phylogeny of blackbirds, cardinals, sparrows, tanagers, warblers, and allies . In: The Auk . tape 132 , no. 2 , April 2015, p. 333-348 , doi : 10.1642 / AUK-14-110.1 . (see Fig. 1, 3rd panel)
- ^ Frank Gill & David Donsker, IOC World Bird List v 8.2 : Finches, euphonias, longspurs, Thrush-tanager
- ↑ a b Ridgely, Robert S .; Guy, Tudor: The Birds of South America: Volume 1: The Oscine Passerines . University of Texas Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-292-70756-6 , p. 317.
- ↑ Hilty, S .: Rosy Thrush-tanager ( Rhodinocichla rosea ) . In: Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. 2011. Accessed August 30, 2015.
- ↑ Rhodinocichla rosea in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016.3. Posted by: BirdLife International , 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
