Eastern chat-tanager
The eastern chat-tanager (Calyptophilus frugivorus) is a species of bird formerly placed in the family Thraupidae.
| Eastern chat-tanager | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Calyptophilidae |
| Genus: | Calyptophilus |
| Species: | C. frugivorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Calyptophilus frugivorus (Cory, 1883) | |
It is found on the island of Hispaniola where it is now restricted to central and southern parts of the Dominican Republic. It formerly also occurred on the Samaná Peninsula as well as in Haiti. In the southwest of Hispaniola (Sierra de Bahoruco, and southern Haiti), it is replaced by the western chat-tanager (C. tertius), which was formerly considered conspecific.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Calyptophilus frugivorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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