Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota

Fawn-breasted Tanager, Itatiaia, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image

 Brazil
October 2022

The Fawn-breasted Tanager is distributed in the Andes from Venezuela to northern Argentina and in south-east Brazil. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found in the borders and clearings of montane forest mainly between 1,000 and 2,800 metres.
Fawn-breasted Tanager, Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image The Andean population has a red iris while, in the south-east of Brazil, the iris is browner.

It is not often found in mixed flocks and tends to be quiet.
Fawn-breasted Tanager, Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image
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