green-headed tanager

On our second full day near the coast we visited a property where I became addicted to hummingbird photography. But there were also fruit feeders, and here are some of the birds attracted to those.

Nome Cientfico Tangara seledon (Statius Muller, 1776) Nome em Ingls Green-headed Tanager

Nome Cientfico Tangara seledon (Statius Muller, 1776) Nome em Ingls Green-headed Tanager

Tangara seledon (Statius Muller, 1776) Green-headed Tanager

Tangara seledon (Statius Muller, 1776) Green-headed Tanager

At least the female of the species has a green head!

A male Green-headed Tanager. Whoever came up with that name must be colour-blind!

One of Brazil's most colourful birds in a rather unusual pose. Here we call it 'Sara 7 cores', which means 'Seven coloured Sara'.

Maybe the most colored bird we have in this part of the country, it becomes quite fearless when it sees fruit, like bananas, papayas, etc., letting us to get near!

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.