- Nemosia pileata
Disambiguation: For the species Tangara cucullata , see Lesser Antillean Tanager
Identification
The male has yellow legs and a yellow iris. The sides of the neck are black giving the hooded appearance while the lores are white. Remaining upperparts are blue-grey while underparts are white.
The female differs by having a blue-grey head and a pale buffy breast.
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.
Fairly common in its large range but often locally distributed.
Taxonomy
- N. p. hypoleuca:
- N. p. surinamensis:
- N. p. pileata:
- French Guiana, north-eastern and Amazonian Brazil, extreme northern Bolivia
- N. p. interna:
- Northern Brazil (upper Rio Branco and lower Rio Negro)
- N. p. nana:
- N. p. caerulea:
Habitat
Humid evergreen and moist deciduous woodland, often along woodland borders and in the vicinity of water. In Amazonia mostly in varzea forest and in successional vegetation on river islands and along riverbanks.
Occurs in lowlands up to 1300m.
Behaviour
Feeds on insects, takes also fruit.
Often in pairs, families or groups of up to 6 birds. Forages in singly-species groups sometimes loosely associated with other species.
Breeds presumably in dry season. The nest is a thin open cup made of dry weeds, tendrils, dead leaves, grass and spider webs. It's placed 8 to 12m above the ground in a branch fork. Lays 2 eggs.
Resident in most of its range.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2011. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553781
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hooded Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hooded_Tanager