The Magpie Tanager is large and unmistakable with its long black and white tail, its yellow iris and its blue-black hood.
It is found in forest borders and secondary growth or clearings around the Amazon Basin and in south-east Brazil.
The Magpie Tanager is conspicuous, noisy and behaves a bit like a jay.
Photo 3 shows a juvenile beside an adult. Note the dark eye and the reduced amount of white on the wing-coverts.
There are illustrations in Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 1, Plate 20; and Hilty & Brown, Page 640.
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