Alternative names: Red-billed Tanager; Pied Tanager
- Lamprospiza melanoleuca
Identification
17-18 cm (6¾-7 in) in length and weighs 34 g.
Male
- Red, thick bill
- Glossy blue-black head, upperparts and tail
- Black throat and centre of chest
- White patch on side of chest bordered below by black band from centre of chest to side of body
- White rest of underparts
Female
- Similar to male
- Grey hindneck, back, rump and uppertail-coverts
- Black band on underparts often less distinctive
- Lower underparts often cream-coloured or tinged creamy cinnamon
Juvenile
- Black bill
- Black head
- White upper back, black lower back with white scaling and mottling
- Greyish-white rump
- White underparts mixed with black
Distribution
South America: found in French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.
Uncommon in its wide range.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Lowland humid forest. Usually in high canopy.
Occurs from lowlands up to ca. 900m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on berries, seeds and insects.
Forages in groups of 3 to 8 birds, associating with mixed-species flocks.
Breeding
No information on breeding.
Movements
A resident species.
References
- 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/
- 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-billed Pied Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-billed_Pied_Tanager
