Stripe-bellied Tanager Tangara flava Burnished-buff Tanager

Stripe-bellied Tanager Tangara flava
(aka Burnished-buff Tanager Tangara cayana,Stilpnia cayana)

Brazilian name: saíra-amarela

Brazil

Most authorities have treated the several subspecies of Burnished-buff Tanager as 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. The HBW and Birdlife International checklist splits it into Burnished-buff Tanager T. cayana and the species shown here, Stripe-bellied Tanager T. flava. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.

The main difference between the two species is that the male of Stripe-bellied Tanager T. flava, as shown in photos 1, 2 and 6, has a broad black line running from the throat down the middle of the belly. This is lacking in the Burnished-buff Tanager T. cayana. 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.

Female Burnished-buff Tanager, Jaqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil, March 2004 - click for larger image

They are found in savannas, cerrado, gallery woodland and forest borders.

There is a page in Portuguese on Wikiaves.

Young male (?) Burnished-buff Tanager, REGUA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2006 - click for larger image

Male Burnished-buff Tanager, Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil, October 2008 - click for larger image

Male Burnished-buff Tanager, Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image

Male Burnished-buff Tanager, Serra de Cipo, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image

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