- Hemithraupis guira
Identification
13 cm (5 in)
Male is boldly patterned with a black mask and throat surrounded by bright yellow. The centre of the breast is bright orange, the belly is yellowish and the flanks are grey-green. Upperparts are olive green with an orange rump and the bill is pointed and yellow except on the culmen which is black.
Female is much duller being olive above and dull yellow below. It has a faint yellow supercilium.
Distribution
Most of South America from Colombia to northern Argentina.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 8 subspecies[1]:
- H. g. guirina:
- H. g. nigrigula:
- H. g. huambina:
- Tropical south-eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and western Brazil
- H. g. roraimae:
- Tepuis of south-eastern Venezuela and Guyana
- H. g. boliviana:
- H. g. amazonica:
- Brazil south of the Amazon (Rio Madeira to Rio Tapaj¢s)
- H. g. guira:
- Eastern Brazil (Rio Tocantins to Cear , Goi southern and north-western Bahia)
- H. g. forsteri:
- Eastern Paraguay to north-eastern Argentina and interior south-eastern Brazil
Habitat
Atlantic gallery forest, open woodland and tall scrub.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of a range of arthropods with the addition of occasional small fruits.
Breeding
The nest is placed in a fork high in a tree. It is a flimsy structure formed from plant fibres.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- BF Member observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Guira Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Guira_Tanager
