A rare and local species of wet, foothill rainforest in the Chocó region in northwestern Ecuador and western Colombia. This is one of very few photos in existance of this bird.
Recent studies suggest that this bird is most closely related to Bangsia tanagers; see www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27395721
(Lawrence, 1867): NOTE(PHY,TAX,SEQ,ENG: Previously classified as a Chlorospingus bush tanager in Emberizidae/Passerellidae, genetic analyses show the renamed Yellow-green Tanager to be sister to the Blue-and-gold Tanager Bangsia arcaei and related species
German
Olivbergtangare
French
Tangara jaune-vert
Chinese
黄绿灌丛唐纳雀
Japanese
キミドリヤブフウキンチョウ
Russian
Чернолобая жёлто-зелёная кустарниковая танагра
Spanish
Tangara verdiamarilla
Portuguese
saíra-verde-amarelada
Bird Data App text
A rare tanager recently moved into the genus Bangsia, which include small but not tiny tanagers who favor very wet habitat.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
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Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
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Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
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Indian Ocean
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Latin America (Middle and South America)
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Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
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North America (includes the Caribbean)
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Northern oceans
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Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)