Black-chested Mountain-Tanager
Cnemathraupis eximia
(L 5.25")
Papallacta Pass
13Mar2017
Uncommon in high temperate
forests...in Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, and Venezuela
On the road to
Yanacocha Reserve
13Jan11
Cnemathraupis in Greek means little
mountain bird; eximia means
exceptional, uncommon.
© Niels
Krabbe
Macaulay
Library