- Stilpnia cayana
Tangara cayana
Identification
13-14 cm (5-5½ in)
- Buff body
- Turquoise wings and tail
- Black mask and throat
- Coppery crown
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, The Guianas, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
Taxonomy
This species used to be placed in genus Tangara.
Subspecies
There are 7 subspecies[1]:
- S. c. fulvescens:
- Eastern Andes of Colombia
- S. c. cayana:
- S. c. huberi:
- North-eastern Brazil (Ilha Marajó region of Pará)
- S. c. flava:
- North-eastern Brazil (Maranhão and northern Goiás to extreme southern Bahia)
- S. c. sincipitalis:
- Central Brazil (Goiás)
- S. c. margaritae:
- Central Brazil (Mato Grosso)
- S. c. chloroptera:
Habitat
Savannas, gallery woodland and forest borders.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of fruit with some insects also eaten.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Arthur Grosset
- BF Member observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Burnished-buff Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 March 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Burnished-buff_Tanager
External Links
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