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;[[:Category:Tangara|Tangara]] gyrola | ;[[:Category:Tangara|Tangara]] gyrola | ||
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[[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Ecuador]], [[Bolivia]], southern [[Brazil]], north east [[Venezuela]] and [[Trinidad]]. | [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Ecuador]], [[Bolivia]], southern [[Brazil]], north east [[Venezuela]] and [[Trinidad]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | [[Image:IMG 5803 68-5bf.jpg|thumb|350px|right|<br />Photo by {{user|Jim+Crosswell|Jim Crosswell}}<br />Finca Oro, [[Costa Rica]], February 2007]] | + | [[Image:IMG 5803 68-5bf.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''bangsi''<br />Photo by {{user|Jim+Crosswell|Jim Crosswell}}<br />Finca Oro, [[Costa Rica]], February 2007]] |
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== | ||
*''T. g. bangsi'': | *''T. g. bangsi'': | ||
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:*South-eastern [[Colombia]] to southern [[Venezuela]], north-eastern [[Peru]] and north-western [[Brazil]] | :*South-eastern [[Colombia]] to southern [[Venezuela]], north-eastern [[Peru]] and north-western [[Brazil]] | ||
*''T. g. gyrola'': Green, blue belly, thin gold collar on the hind neck. Sexes are similar, but immatures are duller with chestnut-flecked green heads. | *''T. g. gyrola'': Green, blue belly, thin gold collar on the hind neck. Sexes are similar, but immatures are duller with chestnut-flecked green heads. | ||
| + | [[Image:20080601 001.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''nupera''<br /> Photo by {{user|olivewarbler|olivewarbler}}<br />Dapa, Valle, [[Colombia]], June 2008]] | ||
:*Southern [[Venezuela]] to the [[Guianas]] and extreme northern [[Brazil]] | :*Southern [[Venezuela]] to the [[Guianas]] and extreme northern [[Brazil]] | ||
*''T. g. albertinae'': | *''T. g. albertinae'': | ||
Revision as of 14:17, 2 October 2009
- Tangara gyrola
Identification
14 cm
- Plumage varies widely between the subspecies.
- Chestnut head
Distribution
Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia, southern Brazil, north east Venezuela and Trinidad.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
- T. g. bangsi:
- Humid tropical and subtropical Costa Rica and western Panama
- T. g. deleticia:
- T. g. nupera:
- T. g. toddi:
- T. g. viridissima:
- T. g. catharinae:
- T. g. parva:
- T. g. gyrola: Green, blue belly, thin gold collar on the hind neck. Sexes are similar, but immatures are duller with chestnut-flecked green heads.
- T. g. albertinae:
- Brazil south of the Amazon (Rio Purús to Pará, northern Mato Grosso)
Habitat
Gardens, highland river borders, finca at 1700 meters on the east slope of the West Andes, humid forests.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes fruit and insects.
Breeding
They build a bulky cup nest in a tree. The 2 brown-blotched white eggs are incubated by the female for 13-14 days. The young fledge about 15-16 days later.
Vocalisation
The song is a slow seee, seee, seee, tsou, tsooy.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Wikipedia
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bay-headed Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bay-headed_Tanager
