Fulvous-crested Tanager - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by Anselmo d Affonseca
Manaus, Brazil, August 2016

Tachyphonus surinamus

Identification

Female, subspecies surinamus
Photo by J-Dub
Kourou, French Guiana, January 2018

15–17 cm (6-6¾ in)
Male

• Glossy black overall plumage
• Yellowish crown patch
• White flanks

Distribution

Northern South America: found in Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• T. s. surinamus:

• Eastern and southern Venezuela, the Guianas and Brazil north of the Amazon

• T. s. brevipes:

• Eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, north-western Brazil, eastern Ecuador and north-eastern Peru

• T. s. napensis:

• Tropical eastern Peru (south of the Amazon) and north-western Brazil

• T. s. insignis:

• Northern Brazil south of the Amazon (lower Rio Madeira to Pará)

Habitat

They are usually found in the canopy of interior terra firme forests.

Behaviour

Diet

There diet consists mostly of insects and fruit.

Breeding

The nest is a deep open cup, but there is little more information.

References

1. 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/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2016)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fulvous-crested Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 July 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fulvous-crested_Tanager

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