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;[[:Category:Tangara|Tangara]] schrankii | ;[[:Category:Tangara|Tangara]] schrankii | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 12cm. A colourful tanager. | ||
| + | * Mainly bright emerald-green plumage | ||
| + | * Black forehead, supraloral line and narrow area around the eye | ||
| + | * Black triangular patch on ear-coverts | ||
| + | * Turquoise crescent in front of eye and bright turquoise margin behind black ear-coverts | ||
| + | * Nape and side of neck green to golden-green, flecked and mottled with black | ||
| + | * Emerald-green upperparts broadly streaked black | ||
| + | * Bright yellow rump and undertail-coverts | ||
| + | * Blackish tail edged green to greenish-blue | ||
| + | * Bright emerald-green underparts, lower throat and all of central breast to belly bright yellow | ||
| + | Sexes similar, females slightly duller. Juveniles are dull greyish-brown. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] | + | [[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] and [[Brazil]].<br /> |
| + | Widespread and common in much of its range. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== | ||
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*''T. s. venezuelana'': | *''T. s. venezuelana'': | ||
:*Tropical southern [[Venezuela]] (southern Bolívar and eastern Amazonas) | :*Tropical southern [[Venezuela]] (southern Bolívar and eastern Amazonas) | ||
| + | ''anchicayae'' is not accepted by all authorities and may better been placed in [[Emerald Tanager]]. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Found in humid terra firme forest and varzea forest, also in humid and wet foothill forest.<br /> | ||
| + | Occurs from lowlands up to 1200m, locally higher. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Feeds on fruits and some arthropods.<br /> | ||
| + | Usually in groups of up to 20 birds in mixed-species flocks, often together with [[Paradise Tanager]].<br /> | ||
| + | Nesting recorded in July, August and October. The nest is cup-shaped and made of dried leaves, plant fibres and rootlets. It's placed up to 2m above the ground at the base of an understorey plant, a palm frond or a fern. Lays 2 eggs.<br /> | ||
| + | A resident species. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | #{{Ref- | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thOct12}}#{{Ref-HBWVol16}}#Avibase |
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Tangara+schrankii}} | {{GSearch|Tangara+schrankii}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tangara]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tangara]] | ||
Revision as of 18:45, 20 October 2012
- Tangara schrankii
Identification
12cm. A colourful tanager.
- Mainly bright emerald-green plumage
- Black forehead, supraloral line and narrow area around the eye
- Black triangular patch on ear-coverts
- Turquoise crescent in front of eye and bright turquoise margin behind black ear-coverts
- Nape and side of neck green to golden-green, flecked and mottled with black
- Emerald-green upperparts broadly streaked black
- Bright yellow rump and undertail-coverts
- Blackish tail edged green to greenish-blue
- Bright emerald-green underparts, lower throat and all of central breast to belly bright yellow
Sexes similar, females slightly duller. Juveniles are dull greyish-brown.
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
Widespread and common in much of its range.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
- T. s. anchicayae:
- Western slope of Western Andes of Colombia (Río Anchicayá)
- T. s. schrankii:
- T. s. venezuelana:
- Tropical southern Venezuela (southern Bolívar and eastern Amazonas)
anchicayae is not accepted by all authorities and may better been placed in Emerald Tanager.
Habitat
Found in humid terra firme forest and varzea forest, also in humid and wet foothill forest.
Occurs from lowlands up to 1200m, locally higher.
Behaviour
Feeds on fruits and some arthropods.
Usually in groups of up to 20 birds in mixed-species flocks, often together with Paradise Tanager.
Nesting recorded in July, August and October. The nest is cup-shaped and made of dried leaves, plant fibres and rootlets. It's placed up to 2m above the ground at the base of an understorey plant, a palm frond or a fern. Lays 2 eggs.
A resident species.
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) Green-and-gold Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-and-gold_Tanager
