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PRB-0327Passeriformes

Puerto Rican Tanager

Llorosa

Nesospingus speculiferus

Puerto Rico endemicIUCN VU · Vulnerable

The Puerto Rican tanager (Nesospingus speculiferus) is a small passerine bird endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico. It is the only member of the genus Nesospingus and has historically been placed in the tanager family, but recent studies indicate it as either belonging in its own family Nesospingidae or as being a member of Phaenicophilidae. Its closest relatives are likely the spindalises (family Spindalidae, sometimes also considered a member of the Phaenicophilidae). The Puerto Rican tanager is known to locals as llorosa, which means 'cryer'.

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FamilyPhaenicophilidaeGreater Antillean Tanagers

Puerto Rico occurrencePuerto Rico endemicAvibase inferred core 380

Primary habitatMontane wet forest; shade coffee; forest edgeMontane wet forest; shade coffee; forest edge

Primary dietInvertebrateInvertivore

Average mass34.35 gGlobal trait estimate

MovementSedentaryInsessorial

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Sound recorded by Nick Komar · XC520191 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the Puerto Rican Tanager

This atlas includes Puerto Rican Tanager (Nesospingus speculiferus) with atlas status “Puerto Rico endemic” within scope “Avibase inferred core 380.” Puerto Rico context sources associate it with Montane wet forest; shade coffee; forest edge.

Conservation

Vulnerable

IUCN VU

Global IUCN: VU
Puerto Rico DNER: No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA: No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat: Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat: Montane wet forest; shade coffee; forest edge
Elevation: 200–1338 m
Nest: Cup / bowl · Tree; Shrub / bush / vine
Clutch: 2–3 eggs
Social behavior: Social / flocking

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This bird belongs to 9 paths through the atlas.

The complete catalogAll Birds of Puerto Rico402 birds →Puerto Rican originalsLiving Endemic Birds19 birds →Found nowhere elsePuerto Rico's Endemic Birds27 birds →Birds by habitatForest Birds159 birds →ConservationGlobally Threatened Birds34 birds →ConservationVulnerable Birds21 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoBreeding Birds55 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoResident Birds47 birds →Bird familyGreater Antillean Tanagers (Phaenicophilidae)2 birds →

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Sources, media & further reading

eBird species profile↗Macaulay Library media↗iNaturalist observations↗GBIF occurrence data↗BirdLife species factsheet↗Xeno-canto recordings↗Wikipedia in English↗Wikipedia en Español↗Media source · commons.wikimedia.org↗Source record 1↗Source record 2↗Source record 3↗Source record 4↗

Research note: Traditional endemic; monotypic endemic lineage