Rufous-bellied mountain tanager
The rufous-bellied mountain tanager or rufous-bellied saltator (Pseudosaltator rufiventris) is a species of songbird in the tanager familily Thraupidae and is the only member of the genus Pseudosaltator. It is found in the eastern Andes of southern Bolivia and extreme northern Argentina. It occurs mostly at altitudes from 3000 m to 4000 m. Its habitat is open land, including cultivated land, that has patches of scrub, alder trees, or Polylepis trees. It is threatened by habitat loss.
| Rufous-bellied mountain tanager | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Pseudosaltator K.J. Burns, Unitt & N.A. Mason, 2016 |
| Species: | P. rufiventris |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudosaltator rufiventris (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Saltator rufiventris (protonym) | |
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