| Burnished-buff
Tanager Tangara
cayana Brazilian name: saíra-amarela |
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Brazil There are several subspecies of Burnished-buff Tanager and they are normally divided into two groups: the cayana group found north of the Amazon and in Venezuela and Colombia, and the flava group found in south and east Brazil. |
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The main difference between the two groups is that the male of the flava group, as shown in the first two photos, has a broad black line running from the throat down the middle of the belly. This is lacking in the cayana group. The female, seen in photos 3 and 4, is much duller and lacks the black below. I think that photo 5 might be of a young male. | |||
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They are found in savannas, cerrado, gallery woodland and forest borders. There are illustrations in Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 1, Plate 13 (flava); Hilty & Brown, Plate 49 (cayana); and Sick, Plate 41 (cayana). |
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There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto. | |||
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