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Grass-green Tanager
Chlorornis riefferii (Boissonneau, 1840)
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Grass-green Tanager, Chlorornis riefferii, is a passerine of the tanager family found in South America from Colombia to Bolivia. It is the only species placed in the genus Chlorornis. The bird lives in and around subtropical and temperate Andean forests, where it occurs at elevations of 1500 to 3350 m. It is usually seen in pairs or in small groups of three to six. Its nest is built from mosses and ferns, and the eggs are grey with light purple-grey dots.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: Colombia to Bolivia
