Dubusia taeniata
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The buff-banded mountain tanager (Dubusia taeniata), formerly known as the buff-breasted mountain tanager, is a species of Neotropical bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The buff-banded mountain tanager was formally described in 1840 by the French ornithologist Auguste Boissonneau from a specimen collected near Bogotá in Colombia. He coined the binomial name Tanagra taeniata. The specific epithet is the Latin word for a "head-band". This species is now placed in the genus Dubusia that was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.
The streak-crowned mountain tanager and Carriker's mountain tanager were previously treated as subspecies of the buff-banded mountain tanager. They are currently recognized as separate species. Before the split the buff-banded mountain tanager was known as the buff-breasted mountain tanager.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager sighting in Quito on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 130th most-seen of the 167 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager in Quito on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager sightings, Quito has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Bogota (Colombia, under 5%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager that you can see in Quito (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Black Flowerpiercer (about 60%), Cinereous Conebill (about 50%) and Blue-gray Tanager (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Quito (16 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
