Orange-throated Tanager

Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron

The orange-throated tanager is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae that is found very locally in humid forests around the Ecuador-Peru border. As a species it is considered threatened. The orange-throated tanager is the only member of the genus Wetmorethraupis, named after the ornithologist Alexander Wetmore. It is closely related to members of the genus Bangsia.

Scientific name

Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron

Family

Tanagers and Allies

IUCN status

VU