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Black-and-white Tanager
Conothraupis speculigera (Gould, 1855)
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Black-and-white Tanager, Conothraupis speculigera, is a tanager of Ecuador and Peru in South America, with breeding in those countries. It was described by Gould in 1855 and belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes. In the Tumbes region of south-western Ecuador and north-western Peru, it is the only other species in its genus besides the cone-billed tanager. It is found in scrub, woodland and forest edges, and the male has a black-and-white pattern with a grey rump and a white wing-speculum.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: Ecuador, Peru
