- 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. (2025) Green-headed Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-headed_Tanager
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
