Cone-billed Tanager - BirdForum Opus

This article is incomplete. This article is missing one or more sections. You can help the BirdForum Opus by expanding it.

Conothraupis mesoleuca

Photo by WHP
Emas National Park, Goiás, Brazil, December 2008

Identification

16 cm
Male

• Black
• White belly and lower breast
• Stout white bill
  

Female:

• Olive brown above
• Pale olive brown breast
• Buffy white lower breast and belly
• Dull olive bill

Distribution

Photo by WHP
Emas National Park, Brazil, December 2008

South America: found in south-western Brazil (Goias and Mato Grosso do Sul, redisccovered in 2003)

There is an unconfirmed report of a female from Bolivia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Very waterlogged gallery forest with many palms and bamboos in the understorey.

Behaviour

Vocalisation

Song: tchi, tchi, tchi, tchi, tchi, tchirrrrrrrrrrr, tzarrrrrrrrrrr, zíiiiiiiiiiiiiii.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. BirdLife International
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cone-billed Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cone-billed_Tanager

External Links

Search for photos of Cone-billed Tanager in the gallery