Yellow-backed Tanager

Hemithraupis flavicollis

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thraupidae
Genus
Hemithraupis
eBird Code
yebtan1

Subspecies (11)

  • Hemithraupis flavicollis albigularis

    Colombia (upper Sinú, lower Cauca, and middle Magdalena valleys)

  • Hemithraupis flavicollis aurigularis

    far southeastern Colombia to southern Venezuela and northern Brazil (in upper Rio Uaupés and Rio Negro)

  • Hemithraupis flavicollis centralis

    southeastern Peru to northern Bolivia and central Brazil (eastward to northern Mato Grosso)

  • Hemithraupis flavicollis flavicollis

    Suriname, French Guiana, and adjacent Brazil north of the Amazon River

  • Hemithraupis flavicollis hellmayri

    southeastern Venezuela (eastern Bolívar) to western Guyana (Merumé Mountains)

  • Hemithraupis flavicollis insignis

    southeastern Brazil (Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro)

  • Hemithraupis flavicollis melanoxantha

    eastern Brazil (Pernambuco and Bahia)

  • Hemithraupis flavicollis obidensis

    northern Brazil (along north bank of the lower Amazon River in Pará)

  • Hemithraupis flavicollis ornata

    tropical eastern Panama (Darién) and far northwestern Colombia

  • Hemithraupis flavicollis peruana

    south-central Colombia to eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru (north of Río Marañón)

  • Hemithraupis flavicollis sororia

    northern Peru (south of Río Marañón)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.