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ViewsCommon Bush-TanagerFrom Opus Location: Tafi del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina
[edit] Identification13.5 cm. Olive above, yellow below, white belly, brown head, thin supercilium, light throat, white spot behind eye. Colour of cheek, throat and eye area varies across range. Juvenile - brown above, darker below, dull olive eye spot. [edit] DistributionCentral Mexico to Bolivia and northwest Argentina. [edit] TaxonomyThere are 26 subspecies. [edit] HabitatCloud forests. [edit] BehaviourThe diet includes insects, spiders, small fruits and nectar. The cup nest is built from twigs, roots, leaves and mosses, lined with leaves and fibres. 2 off white, puce and maroon spotted eggs (sometimes 1, sometimes 3) are laid and incubated by the female. Both parents feed the young. [edit] VocalisationCall: squeaky tseeet or chit. [edit] ReferencesWikipedia [edit] External Links
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