The lemon-rumped tanager (''Ramphocelus icteronotus'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

in the family

Thraupidae The tanagers (singular ) comprise the bird family (biology), family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has a Neotropical distribution and is the second-largest family of birds. It represents about 4% of all avian species and 12 ...

. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the flame-rumped tanager. It is found from

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Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

. Its natural

habitat In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...

s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland

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s and heavily degraded former forest.

Gallery

File:Lemon-rumped tanager.jpg, Lemon-rumped tanager, Pajaro Jumbo Reserve, Ecuador Lemon-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) female Las Tanagaras.jpg, ringed female, possibly a hybrid, Colombia Lemon-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) female Las Tanagaras 2.jpg, female, possibly a hybrid, Colombia

References

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