Eastern chat-tanager
| Eastern chat-tanager | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Calyptophilidae |
| Genus: | Calyptophilus |
| Species: | C. frugivorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Calyptophilus frugivorus (Cory, 1883)
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The eastern chat-tanager (Calyptophilus frugivorus) is a species of bird formerly placed in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, in central and southern parts of the Dominican Republic.
Distribution[]
It formerly also occurred on the Samaná Peninsula, as well as in Haiti, but is now possibly extirpated there. In the southwest of Hispaniola (in the Sierra de Bahoruco and southern Haiti), it is replaced by the related western chat-tanager (C. tertius), which was formerly considered conspecific.
Habitat[]
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 (2018). "Calyptophilus frugivorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22731255A132033840. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22731255A132033840.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links[]
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- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Calyptophilus
- Endemic fauna of the Dominican Republic
- Endemic birds of the Caribbean
- Birds of the Dominican Republic
- Endemic birds of Hispaniola
- Birds described in 1883
- Taxa named by Charles B. Cory
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