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Rufous-bellied Mountain Tanager
Pseudosaltator rufiventris (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Rufous-bellied Mountain Tanager, Pseudosaltator rufiventris, is a tanager of the eastern Andes in Bolivia and north-west Argentina. It breeds in South America in those two countries, where it is associated with open ground, including farmland, with scattered scrub, alder trees or Polylepis trees. It is the only species placed in Pseudosaltator. The bird was first described in 1837 by d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye. Its range is mainly between 3000 m and 4000 m, and it is affected by habitat loss.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: Bolivia and nw Argentina
