Purplish-mantled tanager

Purplish-mantled tanager
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Iridosornis
Species: I. porphyrocephalus
Binomial name
Iridosornis porphyrocephalus
(Sclater, 1856)

The purplish-mantled tanager (Iridosornis porphyrocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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