Check List 16(1): 67-73, doi: 10.15560/16.1.67

New records and range extension of Black-goggled Tanager, Trichothraupis melanops (Vieillot, 1818) (Passeriformes, Thraupidae), in extreme southern Brazil

Gustavo Crizel Gomes^‡, Thales Castilhos de Freitas^‡, Henrique Noguez da Cunha^§, Fernando P. Jacobs^‡, Michele Spenst Wall^|

‡ Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil§ Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Pelotas, Brazil| Universidade da Região da Campanha, Aceguá, Brazil

Corresponding author: Gustavo Crizel Gomes ( crizelgomes@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Caio J. Carlos

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Citation: Gomes GC, Freitas TC, Cunha HN, Jacobs FP, Wall MS (2020) New records and range extension of Black-goggled Tanager, Trichothraupis melanops (Vieillot, 1818) (Passeriformes, Thraupidae), in extreme southern Brazil. Check List 16(1): 67-73. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.1.67

Abstract

We describe new records of Trichothraupis melanops in five municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The birds were detected in sporadic expeditions in the Serra do Sudeste and Campanha Gaúcha regions by direct visualization and vocal recognition. One of these records, next to the border with Uruguay, is the southernmost known location for the species in Brazil. This record expands the geographic range of the species in Brazil south by 170 km. We believe that these occurrences are seasonal displacements and do not represent a colonization front with resident populations.

Keywords

Frutero Corona Amarilla, geographic distribution, Lanio melanops, Pampa biome birds, seasonal displacements, tiê-de-topete