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Photo of Orange-throated Tanager (Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron)

Orange-throated Tanager

Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron

The orange-throated tanager (Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron) 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.

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