Listen to the orange-throated tanager
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About the orange-throated tanager
The orange-throated tanager is a bird in the family Thraupidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “vulnerable”. Adults weigh around 50 g.
What does the orange-throated tanager sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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.
More from the family Thraupidae
Paradise tanager
Tangara chilensis
Blue-gray tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Saffron finch
Sicalis flaveola
Silver-throated tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Magpie tanager
Cissopis leverianus
Plushcap
Catamblyrhynchus diadema
Golden tanager
Tangara arthus
Green honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Emerald tanager
Tangara florida
Yellow-bellied dacnis
Dacnis flaviventer
Beryl-spangled tanager
Tangara nigroviridis
Bay-headed tanager
Tangara gyrola
Frequently asked questions
What does an orange-throated tanager sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the orange-throated tanager on this page, including its call and song. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the orange-throated tanager endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the orange-throated tanager as “vulnerable”.
What family does the orange-throated tanager belong to?
The orange-throated tanager (Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Nuevo Paraiso road 3 rd km SSE… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call, song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 1-2 km W Shaimi, Nangaritza Valley… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: 1-2 km W Shaimi, Nangaritza Valley… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Nuevo Paraiso road 3 rd km SSE… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call, song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 1-2 km W Shaimi, Nangaritza Valley… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 1-2 km W Shaimi, Nangaritza Valley… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1067556 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Orange-throated tanager – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Nick Athanas – CC BY-SA 2.0