|Gold-ringed Tanager Bangsia aureocincta Colombian name: Tangará
de Tatamá |Cerro Montezuma, Tatamá, Risaralda, Colombia The
Gold-ringed Tanager is a Colombian endemic restricted to a small
area around the Cerro Tatamá. See the distribution map at
NatureServe. of its restricted range and the threat to its
habitat from logging it is classified as Endangered by Birdlife
It is found in wet, mossy cloudforest on the Pacific slope of
the Western Cordillera where it feeds mainly on fruit but also
on insects. Photos 4 shows a male bird feeding on Cecropia fruit
while photos 2 and 3 show a male feeding on another type of
fruit. males have head, lower throat and sides of breast black
with a conspicuous yellow ring round the cheeks and ear-coverts.
The female, seen here in photo 1, is similar but the black on
the head, etc., is replaced by a dark moss-green. What seems to
be the main vocalization is a series of undulating trills. |If
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