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Photo by Mpacker
Photographed: Costa Rica

Tangara dowii

[edit] Identification

13 cm. Black head, upperparts and breast, blue scaling on the breast, sides of the face and neck, and a rufous crown patch. The wings and tail have blue edgings. The rump is green and the belly is cinnamon. The sexes are similar. Immatures are generally duller, with no crown patch, and less distinct blue scaling.

The call is a high tsip.

[edit] Distribution

Costa Rica and western Panama.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Wet mountain forests, semi-open areas like clearings with trees, second growth and woodland edges.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes small fruit, usually swallowed whole, insects and spiders.

A bulky cup nest, lined with bromeliad leaves, is built in a tree fork or on a branch high amongst the vines. 2 eggs are usually laid.

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