Burnished-buff Tanager - BirdForum Opus

Photo by MKC
Sao Paulo, Brasil, December 2006

Tangara cayana

Identification

11,5 cm

• Buff body
• Turquoise wings and tail
• Black mask and throat
• Coppery crown

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Guianas, Peru, Brazil and Paraguay

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

The subspecies are divided into two groups: the cayana group found in Venezuela and Colombia, and the flava group found in south and east Brazil. There are 7 subspecies:

Female
Photo by Luiz
Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2006

• T. c. fulvescens:

• Eastern Andes of Colombia

• T. c. cayana:

• Colombia (east of the Andes) to Guianas, northern Brazil and eastern Peru

• T. c. huberi:

• North-eastern Brazil (Ilha Marajó region of Pará)

• T. c. flava:

• North-eastern Brazil (Maranhão and northern Goiás to extreme southern Bahia)

• T. c. sincipitalis:

• Central Brazil (Goiás)

• T. c. margaritae:

• Central Brazil (Mato Grosso)

• T. c. chloroptera:

• Paraguay to south-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais) and north-eastern Argentina

Habitat

Savannas, gallery woodland and forest borders.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet includes fruit and insects

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Arthur Grosset
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Burnished-buff Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Burnished-buff_Tanager

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