Eastern Chat-tanager
A species of Chat-tanagers Scientific name : Calyptophilus frugivorus Genus : Chat-tanagers
Eastern Chat-tanager, A species of Chat-tanagers
Botanical name: Calyptophilus frugivorus
Genus: Chat-tanagers
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Photo By Don Roberson
Description
The eastern chat-tanager (Calyptophilus frugivorus) is a species of bird formerly placed in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to central and southern parts of the Dominican Republic.
Size
19 cm
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.
General Info
Distribution Area
It formerly also occurred on the Samaná Peninsula, as well as in Haiti, but is now 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.
Photo By Don Roberson
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Tanagers Genus
Chat-tanagers Species
Eastern Chat-tanager