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Straw-backed Tanager
Stilpnia argyrofenges (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1876)
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Straw-backed Tanager, Stilpnia argyrofenges, is a bird of the tanager family found in South America, in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. It lives in humid highland forests in the Andes of the southern part of Ecuador and in the same broad mountain region across Peru and Bolivia. It is a local species and is not often encountered there. Also known as the green-throated tanager, it was described by Sclater and Salvin in 1876.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
