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Inti Tanager
Heliothraupis oneilli Lane, Aponte, Rheindt, Rosenberg, GH, Schmitt, CJ & Terrill, 2021
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Inti Tanager, Heliothraupis oneilli, is a passerine in the tanager family found in the lower yungas of north-west Bolivia and south-east Peru. It breeds in the Machariapo Valley in Dpto. La Paz and occurs outside the breeding season along the Kosñipata road in Dpto. Cusco. It is the only member of Heliothraupis. The species was described in 2021 by Lane, Aponte, Rheindt, Rosenberg, GH, Schmitt, CJ and Terrill.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: lower yungas in nw Bolivia (Machariapo Valley, Dpto. La Paz)
- Nonbreeding range
- Lower yungas in se Peru (Kosñipata road, Dpto. Cusco)
