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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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Its turquoise head and neck change into a yellow half-collar then black. The wing [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]] are dark blue while the wings are black broadly edged green.<br /> | Its turquoise head and neck change into a yellow half-collar then black. The wing [[Topography#General Anatomy|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 /> | It has a black bib, a turquoise belly and a bright orange rump normally only visible when it flies.<br /> | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
====Diet==== | ====Diet==== | ||
+ | [[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]] | ||
They eat fruit (bananas, oranges and papayas) and insects. | They eat fruit (bananas, oranges and papayas) and insects. | ||
====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
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'''Call''': a strident ''TSEEe, cheIT, tsewk''; loud, trisyllalbic, descending dawn song. | '''Call''': a strident ''TSEEe, cheIT, tsewk''; loud, trisyllalbic, descending dawn song. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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#BF Member observations {{user|Arthurgrosset|Arthur Grosset}} and {{user|Peter+van+Zoest|Peter van Zoest}} | #BF Member observations {{user|Arthurgrosset|Arthur Grosset}} and {{user|Peter+van+Zoest|Peter van Zoest}} | ||
#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014) | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014) | ||
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{{GSearch|Tangara+seledon}} | {{GSearch|Tangara+seledon}} | ||
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Revision as of 01:12, 6 December 2017
- Tangara seledon
Identification
13 cm (5 in)
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
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Humid Atlantic rainforest borders and clearings.
Behaviour
Diet
They eat fruit (bananas, oranges and papayas) and insects.
Vocalisation
Call: a strident TSEEe, cheIT, tsewk; loud, trisyllalbic, descending dawn song.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BF Member observations Arthur Grosset and Peter van Zoest
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-headed Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-headed_Tanager
External Links