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;[[:Category:Tangara|Tangara]] seledon | ;[[:Category:Tangara|Tangara]] seledon | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 13.5 cm Its turquoise head and neck change into a yellow half-collar then black. The wing coverts are dark blue while the wings are black broadly edged green. It has a black bib, a turquoise belly and a bright orange rump normally only visible when it flies. | + | 13.5 cm<br /> |
| − | + | Its turquoise head and neck change into a yellow half-collar then black. The wing coverts are dark blue while the wings are black broadly edged green.<br /> | |
| + | It has a black bib, a turquoise belly and a bright orange rump normally only visible when it flies.<br /> | ||
'''Female''' and '''Immature''' paler, more greenish. | '''Female''' and '''Immature''' paler, more greenish. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Green headed female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|nick+scarle|nick scarle}} }}<br />South-eastern [[Brazil]], November 2009]] |
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[[South America]]: found in south-eastern [[Paraguay]] to south-eastern [[Brazil]] and north-eastern [[Argentina]] (Misiones) | [[South America]]: found in south-eastern [[Paraguay]] to south-eastern [[Brazil]] and north-eastern [[Argentina]] (Misiones) | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | Monotypic | + | Monotypic<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Atlantic rainforest | Atlantic rainforest | ||
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====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
Call: a strident TSEEe, cheIT, tsewk; loud, trisyllalbic, descending dawn song. | Call: a strident TSEEe, cheIT, tsewk; loud, trisyllalbic, descending dawn song. | ||
| + | [[Image:C pia de DSC07456.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Immature<br />Photo by {{user|jocateme|jocateme}}<br />[[Itatiaia National Park]], Rio de Janeiro state, [[Brazil]], January 2008 ]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase | ||
Revision as of 13:22, 26 November 2009
- Tangara seledon
Identification
13.5 cm
Its turquoise head and neck change into a yellow half-collar then black. The wing coverts are dark blue while the wings are black broadly edged green.
It has a black bib, a turquoise belly and a bright orange rump normally only visible when it flies.
Female and Immature paler, more greenish.
Distribution
South America: found in south-eastern Paraguay to south-eastern Brazil and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones)
Taxonomy
Monotypic[1]
Habitat
Atlantic rainforest
Behaviour
Diet
They eat fruit (bananas, papayas) and insects
Vocalisation
Call: a strident TSEEe, cheIT, tsewk; loud, trisyllalbic, descending dawn song.
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.
- Avibase
- BF Member observations Arthur Grosset and Peter van Zoest
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-headed Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-headed_Tanager
