
Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager
Dubusia taeniata (Boissonneau, 1840)
37 gWeight
The buff-banded mountain tanager (Dubusia taeniata), formerly known as the buff-breasted mountain tanager, is a species of Neotropical bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.
Most records: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Where and when it's recorded
Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager has been recorded at 70 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 3 countries and regions.
Records by month Northern Hemisphere
Where it's recorded most
- Reserva Ecológica Río Blanco – LodgeColombia1,905 records
- Guango LodgeEcuador1,062 records
- Parque Natural ChicaqueColombia460 records
More places
- Reserva Tapichalaca y Casa SimpsonEcuador429 records
- Chamicero del Perijá Proaves ReserveColombia425 records
- Reserva Zuro LomaEcuador411 records
- Reserva YanacochaEcuador320 records
- Hacienda El BosqueColombia315 records
- Cuchilla San LorenzoColombia291 records
- Hotel Termales del RuízColombia288 records
Countries and regions with the most records
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.
About
The buff-banded mountain tanager (Dubusia taeniata), formerly known as the buff-breasted mountain tanager, is a species of Neotropical bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.
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Questions
How big is the Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager?
The Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager weighs around 37 g.
Where does the Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager live?
Its breeding range: South America: central Colombia and western Venezuela to northwestern Peru. It is most often recorded in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Is the Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager as Least Concern.
What does the Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager eat?
Main food: Fruit.
What family is the Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager in?
It belongs to the family Tanagers & Allies (Thraupidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).
At a glance
- Weight
- 37 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Fruit
- Lifestyle
- Perches in trees
- Migration
- Resident (barely migrates)
- Conservation
- Least Concern
More measurements
- Wing
- 90 mm
- Tail
- 92 mm
- Bill
- 22 mm
- Tarsus
- 28 mm
Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.
Range
South America: central Colombia and western Venezuela to northwestern Peru
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Classification
- Order
- Passerines Passeriformes
- Family
- Tanagers & Allies Thraupidae
- Genus
- Dubusia
Other birds in the genus Dubusia
Carriker's Mountain TanagerDubusia carrikeri
Streak-crowned Mountain TanagerDubusia stictocephala
Chestnut-bellied Mountain TanagerDubusia castaneoventris
PlushcapCatamblyrhynchus diadema
Coal-crested FinchCharitospiza eucosma
Brown TanagerOrchesticus abeillei
Yellow-shouldered GrosbeakParkerthraustes humeralis
Hooded TanagerNemosia pileata
Cherry-throated TanagerNemosia rourei
Blue-backed TanagerCyanicterus cyanicterus
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In other languages
- EnglishBuff-breasted Mountain Tanager
- 简体中文淡胸山裸鼻雀
- 繁體中文黃胸山裸鼻雀
- 日本語ギンマユフウキンチョウ
- DeutschSilberbrauen-Bergtangare
- FrançaisTangara à poitrine fauve
- EspañolTangara pechifulva norteña
- Portuguêssaíra-andina-de-peito-camurça
- ItalianoTanagra montana pettocamoscio
- NederlandsZwartnekbergtangare
- РусскийСедая танагра
- Svenskasilverbrynad bergtangara
- DanskSølvbrynet Bjergtangar
- Polskiandomodraszek sędziwy