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'''Alternative name: Gray-crested Tanager (''cristata'')'''
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[[Image:Grey-headed TanagerPH.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|PanamaHarpy|PanamaHarpy}}<br />[[Panama]], November 2017]]
==Description==
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;[[: Category:Eucometis|Eucometis]] penicillata
</i>Length:  6.75" (17 cm).  Head and neck gray, back olive, underparts bright yellow.
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''Lanion pencillatus''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
RangeS Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil. Habitat:  understory of humid woodlands and forest in lowlands. Follows army ant swarms. Photographed: Pipeline Road, Panam�.
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Length6.75" (17 cm).
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* Grey head and neck
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* Most subspecies with small crest, whitish in some of them
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* Whitish chin and throat
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* Olive back
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* Bright yellow underparts
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Sexes similar. Immatures are like adults but with dusky lores and head yellowish-olive like upperparts. 
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====Similar Species====
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It is superficially very similar to the female [[White-shouldered Tanager]].
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==Distribution==
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Southern [[Mexico]] through [[Central America]] and [[South America]] south to [[Bolivia]] and [[Argentina]]. There are gaps in the distribution, such that for example most of [[Venezuela]] and parts of northern [[Brazil]] is without this species.
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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Seven subspecies recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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* ''E. p. pallida'' from tropical southeast [[Mexico]] to eastern [[Guatemala]]
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* ''E. p. spodocephalus'' in tropical [[Nicaragua]] and on the Pacific slope of [[Costa Rica]]
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* ''E. p. stictothorax'' in tropical southwest [[Costa Rica]] and western [[Panama]]
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* ''E. p. cristata'' from eastern [[Panama]] to northern [[Colombia]] and to extreme western [[Venezuela]]
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* ''E. p. penicillata'' from southeast [[Colombia]] east of Andes to the [[Guianas]], eastern [[Peru]] and northern [[Brazil]]
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* ''E. p. affinis'' in tropical northern [[Venezuela]]
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* ''E. p. albicollis'' from nothern [[Bolivia]] to northern [[Paraguay]], northeast [[Argentina]] and south-central [[Brazil]]
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==Habitat==
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Understory of humid and dry woodlands and forest in lowlands.<br />
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Occurs from sea-level up to 1700m, mainly below 1000m.
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==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Feeds on insects, takes also fruit and seeds.<br />
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Follows army ant swarms. Forages low on or near the ground.
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====Breeding====
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The nest is a frail, thin-walled shallow cup of rootlets and plant fibres. It's placed 0.5 to 3m above the ground in a bush or tree, often alongside water. Lays 1 to 2 eggs.
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====Movements====
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A resident species.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#{{Ref-HBWVol16}}
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#BF Member observations
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Eucometis]]

Latest revision as of 23:28, 14 September 2023

Alternative name: Gray-crested Tanager (cristata)

Photo by PanamaHarpy
Panama, November 2017
Eucometis penicillata

Lanion pencillatus

Identification

Length: 6.75" (17 cm).

  • Grey head and neck
  • Most subspecies with small crest, whitish in some of them
  • Whitish chin and throat
  • Olive back
  • Bright yellow underparts

Sexes similar. Immatures are like adults but with dusky lores and head yellowish-olive like upperparts.

Similar Species

It is superficially very similar to the female White-shouldered Tanager.

Distribution

Southern Mexico through Central America and South America south to Bolivia and Argentina. There are gaps in the distribution, such that for example most of Venezuela and parts of northern Brazil is without this species.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Seven subspecies recognized[1]:

Habitat

Understory of humid and dry woodlands and forest in lowlands.
Occurs from sea-level up to 1700m, mainly below 1000m.

Behaviour

Diet

Feeds on insects, takes also fruit and seeds.
Follows army ant swarms. Forages low on or near the ground.

Breeding

The nest is a frail, thin-walled shallow cup of rootlets and plant fibres. It's placed 0.5 to 3m above the ground in a bush or tree, often alongside water. Lays 1 to 2 eggs.

Movements

A resident species.

References

  1. 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/
  2. 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
  1. BF Member observations

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External Links

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