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Photo by Stanley Jones
Carpish Tunnel, Huánuco, Peru, August 2017

Identification

14 cm (5½ in)
Black head with golden-yellow band from ears up over crown, Blue upperside, underside, and tail.
Bill and legs are dark grey.

Rio Marañon separates this species from Golden-crowned Tanager. See also Golden-collared Tanager

South America: found on the eastern slope of Andes of Peru (southern Amazonas to Cuzco).

This is a monotypic species^[1], sometimes considered a subspecies of Golden-crowned Tanager^[2].

Cloud forest, high elevation forest and borders.

Usually in pairs, often with mixed species flocks. Likes to stay hidden in vegetation.

Their diet consists almost entirely of berries, with insects added at times.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase
Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2016)

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-scarfed Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-scarfed_Tanager

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