Stilpnia viridicollis (Taczanowski, 1884) is a animal in the Thraupidae family, order Passeriformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Stilpnia viridicollis (Taczanowski, 1884)

Stilpnia viridicollis (Taczanowski, 1884)

Stilpnia viridicollis, the silver-backed tanager, is a tanager species found in Andean humid highland forests from southern Ecuador to Bolivia.

Family
Genus
Stilpnia
Order
Passeriformes
Class
Aves

About Stilpnia viridicollis (Taczanowski, 1884)

Stilpnia viridicollis, which was first described by Taczanowski in 1884, is a species of bird in the tanager family. This species is commonly called the silver-backed tanager, and is also known as the silvery tanager. It inhabits humid highland forests in southern Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, and is regularly observed at Machu Picchu.

Photo: (c) Allen Chartier, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Allen Chartier · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Thraupidae Stilpnia

More from Thraupidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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