Black-capped Tanagers
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A new species of tanager, Tangara phillipsi sp. nov., from the Cerros del Sira, Peru is described. T. phillipsi belongs to a monophyletic "black-capped" species complex of the Andean forest of western South America (full article):
Between 1969 and 1972, John Terborgh and Weske made collections in the previously unexplored Cerros del Sira, a series of isolated peaks (to 2450 m elevation) connected by a low-elevation ridge to the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes. Here they reported the discovery of a spectacular new species of tanager endemic to the Sira, related to Black-capped Tanager and the "black-capped" species group of Tangara species.
The Black-capped Tanager is a medium-sized, sexually dichromatic Tangara
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