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Burnished-buff Tanager

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Photo by MKCSao Paulo, Brasil, December 2006
Photo by MKC
Sao Paulo, Brasil, December 2006
Tangara cayana

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[edit] Identification

11,5 cm

  • Buff body
  • Turquoise wings and tail
  • Black mask and throat
  • Coppery crown

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Guianas, Peru, Brazil and Paraguay

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies[1]

The subspecies are divided into two groups: the cayana group found in Venezuela and Colombia, and the flava group found in south and east Brazil. There are 7 subspecies:

FemalePhoto by LuizResende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2006
Female
Photo by Luiz
Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2006
  • T. c. fulvescens:
  • T. c. cayana:
  • T. c. huberi:
  • North-eastern Brazil (Ilha Marajó region of Pará)
  • T. c. flava:
  • North-eastern Brazil (Maranhão and northern Goiás to extreme southern Bahia)
  • T. c. sincipitalis:
  • T. c. margaritae:
  • T. c. chloroptera:

[edit] Habitat

Savannas, gallery woodland and forest borders.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Their diet includes fruit and insects

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
  2. Arthur Grosset
  3. BF Member observations

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