Golden-hooded Tanager - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Stanley Jones
La Cinchona, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, March, 2006

Stilpnia larvata

Tangara larvata

Identification

12 cm

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Netherlands Antilles
South America: occurs only in Colombia and Ecuador

Taxonomy

This species used to be placed in genus Tangara.

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

Photo © by Momo
Tortuguero, Costa Rica, February 2005

S. l. larvata:

Tropical southern Mexico (northern Oaxaca and Tabasco) to northern Costa Rica

S. l. centralis:

Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and western Panama

S. l. franciscae:

Pacific slope of Costa Rica and western Panama

S. l. fanny:

Pacific slope of Panama to Colombia and north-western Ecuador

Habitat

Rain Forest: forest edges and second growth areas; gardens; highland river borders; lowland forest and agriculture areas. Observed at heights around 1,524 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of fruit and insects.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
BF Member observations

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Golden-hooded Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Golden-hooded_Tanager

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