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Photo by WHP
Emas National Park, Goiás, Brazil, December 2008

Conothraupis mesoleuca

[edit] Identification

12 - 14cm.

[edit] Male

• Mainly black with greenish gloss
• White centre of breast and belly
• Small white patch at base of primaries
• Pale blue-grey to whitish, thick bill

[edit] Female

Female
Photo by WHP
Emas National Park, Brazil, December 2008

• Olive brown above
• Pale olive brown breast
• Buffy white lower breast and belly
• Dull olive bill

Juveniles undescribed.

[edit] Similar species

Differs from Black-and-white Tanager in smaller size and lack of grey on rump and flanks.

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in south-western Brazil (Goias and Mato Grosso do Sul, redisccovered in 2003)
There is an unconfirmed report of a female from Bolivia.
Rare and very local. Classified as critically endangered.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
Has been considered conspecific with Black-and-white Tanager.

[edit] Habitat

Very waterlogged gallery forest with many palms and bamboos in the understorey.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Feeds on insects and seeds.
Forages singly or in pairs, mostly below 5m in shrubs.

[edit] Breeding

No information. Presumably a resident species.

[edit] Vocalisation

Song: tchi, tchi, tchi, tchi, tchi, tchirrrrrrrrrrr, tzarrrrrrrrrrr, zíiiiiiiiiiiiiii.

[edit] References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2011. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553781
3. BirdLife International
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

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