Green-headed
Tanager Tangara
seledon Brazilian name: saíra-sete-cores |
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Brazil The Green-headed Tanager is found in south east Brazil and part of Argentina and Paraguay. Its turquoise head and neck change into a yellow half-collar then black. The wing coverts are dark blue while the wings are black broadly edged green. It has a black bib, a turquoise belly and a bright orange rump normally only visible when it flies. |
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They tend to move around in
flocks of 10 to 20 birds and also to form part of mixed flocks.
They feed on fruit and insects normally fairly high in the tree
canopy.
There are recordings on xeno-canto, a distribution map from NatureServe and additional information available via Avibase. There is a page in Portuguese on Wikiaves. |
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