Brown Tanager

Photo by Francisco Paludo
Campina Grande do Sul, PR, Brazil, 2017

Orchesticus abeillei

Identification

17 cm- 18cm. A tanager with a plumage similar to that of a foliage-gleaner.

• Brown plumage, more greyish on crown, nape and mantle
• Cinnamon face, forecrown and eyebrow
• Blackish line from lores through eye to nape
• Thick blackish bill, sligthyl swollen

Sexes similar. Juveniles duller.

Distribution

South America: found in the foothills of south-eastern Brazil (south Bahia and Minas Gerais to Paraná).
Uncommon to fairly common in its habitat.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Atlantic evergreen forest at 750-1,600 m above sea level².

Behaviour

Frequently seen in mixed-species flocks often with similar looking Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner.

Diet

Feeds on insects. Takes also some fruit.
Forages in pairs or small groups high in the canopy.

Breeding

Breeding recorded in October in Rio de Janeiro. One found nest was in a bromeliad on the side of a tree trunk and contained 2 pinkish, speckled brown and lavender eggs.

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 species account read in October 2008
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown_Tanager

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